I'm sorry guys but we really need a 'like' button, these last ones really did make me LOL.
I refer to my darling wife (in Facebook posts) as WW. When asked what it stood for, I couldn't resist 'w***y warmer' (sorry to lower the tone).
It does, in fact, mean Wonderful Wife.
What does the abbreviation 'OK' mean? (Tee Hee)
no problem Doreen, happy birthday to the old boy and long may it continue !
met a lovely french lady in february months back who 'fits the bill' (sorry to be crude !) and we get on really well so you never know ? As I keep reminding myself, some people never find true love and I have been lucky to have found it once already so why not a second time ?
in the 'early 70s there was a sunday league football team in Great Yarmouth called Coop made up of workers from the local Coop factory, they played in division 5, pretty lowly fare ! My mate was the goalkeeper so I followed them for a season.
Their fullbacks were called 'Allcock' and 'Balls'...............(true story)
Estate agents in Newport who rejoice in the name of "Crook and Blight"
Crikey - I've been using SWMBO since the days of 'Rumpole of the Bailey'!
'She Who Must Be Obeyed' old lad. Derived from H Rider Haggards book of 'She'
Guaranteed to put my SWMBO's teeth on edge (amongst many other things!)
Nowhere near the original post but as this thread seems to be diverging:-
where I lived in SW England we had a Funeral director called Diggins & an antique dealer called Robin Bastard.
A well known builder in this area, based in Beaumont, is MORON. Where I have my physio twice a week was one of their jobs and those of us in the waiting room who have nothing else to do have started to look at which bits are already falling apart (building was 'opened' in July), never properly finished or badly fitted. Since I am the only non-French one amongst the critical users, I can assure everybody that the pun 'moron' is well understood here.
And the plumbers merchants we use is SCAM!
You're joking, aren't you?!?!?
I agree - I can't stand the abbreviations OH or BH or anything similar - for the simple reason that as soon as I come across, it brings me up with a round turn as to the context of the message and I lose continuity - at which point I completely lose interest!!
Me too!
And I chuckle every time I have to explain a SPANC report to new English-speaking house buyers! Sorry - that should have been a reply to your earlier comment about acronyms, I don't know how it ended up down here.
speak for yourself, I had a fantastic marriage unfortunately cut short by cancer - I wouldn't hesitate to do it again, if the new Mrs Right happen to come into my life...
I give in - what is that please ?
It's not pathetic, it's fun, some of us don't get many chances to do verbal sparring and 'repartee' living in France? One of the few things I miss is having a lively debate in English, much as I love my DH he is a carpenter and quick answers are not his thing. I get my 'fix' on here :-)
Of course it's pathetic, that's why it's fun. You must remember fun judging by the car you are driving.
Anything else you want to get off your chest?:-)
I think it's quite funny actually.
don't underestimate the french language David...
I reckon the french have invented more acronyms than any other nation !