May-07-2012, 07:58 PM (UTC)
I knew it'd be simple and straightforward and if I'd have thought about it, I would probably have guessed that 
*for the night is dark and full of turnips*
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'thullord of the three realms 2,739 Posts:
May-07-2012, 09:10 PM (UTC)
No worries. 'thul should probably have written it in its long form to begin with...
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when 'thul write in all italics, it is the lord of the three realms within 'thul speaking. A fairly egoistical, but also somewhat simple-minded dragon. Do not take such posts at face value.
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fool-ishbeloved 1,032 Posts:
May-07-2012, 10:14 PM (UTC)
(May-07-2012, 09:10 PM (UTC))thul Wrote: No worries. 'thul should probably have written it in its long form to begin with...There are so many abbreviations for everything these days I can't keep up! The Westeros forum is terrible for it and someone has actually posted a list on there of the abbreviations and their meanings for 'noobs' like me!  *for the night is dark and full of turnips*
Valaryacatalyst 516 Posts:
May-07-2012, 10:17 PM (UTC)
(May-07-2012, 10:14 PM (UTC))fool-ish Wrote: There are so many abbreviations for everything these days I can't keep up! The Westeros forum is terrible for it and someone has actually posted a list on there of the abbreviations and their meanings for 'noobs' like me! Hahah, I was there during it's original hay-day back on ezboards before it got moved to Ran's westeros site.. and helped create that abbreviation document!  RW NW KG KL I don't know what's worse.. that I know them all, or helped create them? 
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fool-ishbeloved 1,032 Posts:
May-07-2012, 10:30 PM (UTC)
(May-07-2012, 10:17 PM (UTC))Valarya Wrote:Well thank the gods you did! The list is huuge now and it's not just book related stuff, but shortened versions of everyday phrases, some of which I can work out, others I have to refer to the 'dictionary'(May-07-2012, 10:14 PM (UTC))fool-ish Wrote: There are so many abbreviations for everything these days I can't keep up! The Westeros forum is terrible for it and someone has actually posted a list on there of the abbreviations and their meanings for 'noobs' like me!  I remember the first one that had me scratching my head...PWWP and PTWP. They both amounted to the same thing, but obviously were said differently. 
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Valaryacatalyst 516 Posts:
May-07-2012, 10:32 PM (UTC)
(May-07-2012, 10:30 PM (UTC))fool-ish Wrote: Well thank the gods you did! The list is huuge now and it's not just book related stuff, but shortened versions of everyday phrases, some of which I can work out, others I have to refer to the 'dictionary' Haha, Prince who was Promised is what the fans turned it in to even though in the texts it's the Prince that was Promised. PWWP tends to be the more widely-used version. Pathetic, Val. Pathetic. 
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fool-ishbeloved 1,032 Posts:
May-07-2012, 10:49 PM (UTC)
(May-07-2012, 10:32 PM (UTC))Valarya Wrote:I go with Prince that was Promised...rolls off the tongue easier(May-07-2012, 10:30 PM (UTC))fool-ish Wrote: Well thank the gods you did! The list is huuge now and it's not just book related stuff, but shortened versions of everyday phrases, some of which I can work out, others I have to refer to the 'dictionary' BWB was another one and more recently there's been a shortening of names to initials. Now that's just laziness and wastes other folks time wondering who in Hades they're talking about! *for the night is dark and full of turnips*
FarseerModerator 2,650 Posts:
May-07-2012, 11:12 PM (UTC)
Short forms can be problematic when the intended meaning is lost on the reader...take, for example, a fairly recent Facebook (I nearly put FB but stopped myself! ) post from my seventeen-year-old son that said something about "*his team's name* FTW". I read it and gaped. My husband read it and gaped. Then we fumed. Then my husband and I rang our son and put a bomb under him for speaking like that on a public forum...only to have him receive all of our fury in a mystified state. The response was like, "Mum, we won the footy and FTW is 'For the Win'." Oh. We thought it was:Oops.  Good work son.   
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Valaryacatalyst 516 Posts:
May-07-2012, 11:53 PM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: May-07-2012, 11:53 PM (UTC) by Valarya.)
Hahah, Farseer!! That's a good one.  I don't know what you might think the counter-part for that means.. but let me tell you just in case! "FTL" - For the Loss But if he says 'FML' then you might have cause to worry, rofl.
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fool-ishbeloved 1,032 Posts:
May-08-2012, 12:06 AM (UTC)
(May-07-2012, 11:53 PM (UTC))Valarya Wrote: Hahah, Farseer!! That's a good one.OMG! idk wot ur talkin abt! Gimme strength! Farseer! *for the night is dark and full of turnips*
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