Can I be curmudgeonly about LOL? If a statement is funny why do I need to be told to laugh out loud? And if it’s not funny why would I laugh out loud? For me a simple exclamation mark suffices to indicate that a quip was being made. Mind you, a friend of mine is convinced LOL means lots of love ... sorry to hear your grandfather died. LOL, Jenny. For what it’s worth I saw no reason to take offence at the sarkiness of Brummies comment. It was obviously said good humouredly.
On the matter of predictive text, someone from our Italian class recently tried to wish us buon Natale. It came out as bionic Natalie.
Predictive text on my phone will change 'Scots' to 'Pants'. I assume I use the word 'pants' more often. Which surprises me, to be honest but never mind. At least I'm expecting it now
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
David Cameron thought LOL meant lots of love when he was texting his friend that edited the Mirror or whatever it was during the phone hacking scandals.
For some reason, the French do have le texte prédictif but also seem to think it can be intuitive in some cases - saisie intuitive - which may be why all the ones I know socially prefer to speak on their mobiles rather than text..........
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Predictive text on my phone will change 'Scots' to 'Pants'. I assume I use the word 'pants' more often. Which surprises me, to be honest but never mind. At least I'm expecting it now
That could really get you into trouble.
I wish I was a glow worm A glow worm's never glum Cos how can you be grumpy When the sun shines out your bum!
But real Scotsmen don't wear pants, r'girl, so perhaps that's why the mix up arises. Maybe predictive text simply can't cope with the vagaries of the Scots in general
It's a play on the word 'lark' as in 'sod that for a lark' Obs. Nothing worse than an inappropriate nasturtium, B3. Apart from a disappointed horse....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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On the matter of predictive text, someone from our Italian class recently tried to wish us buon Natale. It came out as bionic Natalie.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
For some reason, the French do have le texte prédictif but also seem to think it can be intuitive in some cases - saisie intuitive - which may be why all the ones I know socially prefer to speak on their mobiles rather than text..........
A glow worm's never glum
Cos how can you be grumpy
When the sun shines out your bum!
A glow worm's never glum
Cos how can you be grumpy
When the sun shines out your bum!
It's a play on the word 'lark' as in 'sod that for a lark' Obs.
Nothing worse than an inappropriate nasturtium, B3.
Apart from a disappointed horse....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...