'My other half'

pelirocco

I use the term OH on forums , because its easier , husband is too formal for internet

I loathe the word hubby

Kitty_Ears

DannyBo wrote: »

Has to be the most toe-curling way to describe one's lover/partner/spouse.

I'm engaged and I hate saying FIANCEE. Why? Because it's a green flag for the hundreds of wedding questions, how did he propose, have you got a dress... Other half is sometimes easier.

ARGH SHUT UP. :mad: I have now just skipped straight to husband or DD, which is his nickname.

Corelli

Abbreviations - dd dh ds etc - the d does not always have to mean dear or darling. Depending on context there are some quite derogative adjectives starting with d

Eg 'my dh has decided to (insert terrible deed)' ... I would assume darned or dratted and that is being mild

onlyroz

jackieb wrote: »

I post in my dialect on my facebook page, but that's because of how I talk. I know how to type in proper English, but it's not how I normally talk with people close to me. Typing like this, isn't who I am in real life - so I type as I talk when 'speaking' to someone local online. It doesn't make me an imbecile just because I talk, and type, with an accent. An accent of which i'm proud to have.

Dialect and accent are different things. An accent is the way you pronounce standard English, and so would always be spelled the same. Dialect are words phrases specific to a location. If you want to write in your local dialect then fine, but writing "could of" is always wrong regardless of how you pronounce the phrase "could have".

delain

Or my favourite (stolen from pigpen) KH for an ex partner meaning kn0b head.

You could also use XH for ex husband, but I wasn't married to my ex. He was, and still is, in my opinion, a kn0b head

kjmtidea

I love 'my other half' because we have been together for 13 years and we have 4 children but we are not married. If I call him my partner then people assume he is not my children's father but if I call him my children't father then people assume we aren't together any more.

'Boyfriend' doesn't really cut it after 13 years together.

jackieb

kjmtidea wrote: »

I love 'my other half' because we have been together for 13 years and we have 4 children but we are not married. If I call him my partner then people assume he is not my children's father but if I call him my children't father then people assume we aren't together any more.

'Boyfriend' doesn't really cut it after 13 years together.

That's as good a reason as any i've seen!

jellyhead

I've only ever heard 'partner' used for same-sex couples ... presumably because they couldn't get married and wanted another word that meant more serious or more long term than boyfriend/girlfriend.

OH doesn't bother me, but 'hubby' does ... especially if people say it or 'hubs' in real life. I don't see the point in saying 'hubby' out loud - it has the same number of syllables as husband, unless you can drop the 'my' beforehand? Not sure.

Welshwoofs

If one side of a couple refers to their partner as 'my other half' - what do polyamourists do? "I'm just going to fetch my other quarter?"

krlyr

Welshwoofs wrote: »

If one side of a couple refers to their partner as 'my other half' - what do polyamourists do? "I'm just going to fetch my other quarter?"

Puts a new spin on "I'm retiring to my quarters now.." though!