using internet acronyms in "real life"

Gone West

Has anyone else noticed people or yourselves doing this?
I clearly said BRB(pronounced "burb") in work the other day. Once I called some bird a troll over the phone because she was winding me up.(damn she didnt like that)

And now today in work, one of the techs actually said "AFAIK" pronounced "afake" in a sentance. Everyone was like WTF!
Except me. I got it.



ROTFLBTCDICAJTTWADBSIFLWTRHITSBKABAYB - Cookie for anyone who can decode this

Creamy Goodness

i use WTF but only when i'm quoting that flash animation "the end of the world"

and the aussie's were like : "Wtf! mate".

Debracd

I say STFU alot

Faith

FuzzyLogic wrote:

one of the techs actually said "AFAIK" pronounced "afake" in a sentance.

I think like that, but I have to stop myself from saying it aloud. I confessed it to a friend before who looked at me like I had 2 heads, so I didn't mention it again...

Gone West

Debracd wrote:

I say STFU alot

do you pronounce it stefyou?

Debracd

Sounds more like Stuffyou to be honest. Stuffu!

Nightwish

I must admit to saying STFU and ROFL irl

Debracd

Ohh and Burb too on occasion, and I once told my sis that someone was TTC. She pretended to know what I was talking about for ages:o

Ruu_Old

I know someone who says lulz all the time, simply as lulls.

Adam

Me and a friend are forever at this, purely as a joke, rather than laughing just saying lol in a really dry tone, or rofl sometimes, and ridiclous leet! Or if someone takes the piss outta ya saying 'fade_to_grey may not reply as he/she appears to be offline.'

It makes me

Dooom

I said lol in a conversation before, luckily there was a few people and it wasn't noticed.

biko

I say IRL a lot.
That's all.

Zapp Brannigan

Nope, don't think I ever have. But I at least I know that when I do use an internet accronym IRL it's a clear sign to me to stop using it so much!

Terry

i rarely use them on the internet. i think i would shoot myself if i ever used one in real life.

Debracd wrote:

Ohh and Burb too on occasion, and I once told my sis that someone was TTC. She pretended to know what I was talking about for ages

i don't know what that means.
i suppose i'm not as much of a nerd as i thought i was.

Debracd

Trying to Conceive Julep

Rb

Never have, never will.

iguana

In my head I think ROFL, AFAIK, AFAIR and TBH quite a bit. But I've yet to say them aloud. It's only a matter of time though.

Idgeitman

ive said WTF before and lol a hell of alot pronounced Lawl.


~ Idgeitman

Alter-Ego

I don't really use them online lol, so i wouldn't see myself using them in "real life" lmao.

seamus

I've to bite my tongue to stop myself saying ROFL a few times. Other than that, I have a tendency to actually say the full acronym a lot (that is, I say "As far as I know", and "What the ****", etc). When I'm reading an acronym, I tend not to pronounce the acronym, but rather expand it and say the whole thing. Except for lol, rofl and afaik.

tba

OMG and FYI for me

RandomOne

Slurms wrote:

Nope, don't think I ever have. But I at least I know that when I do use an internet accronym IRL it's a clear sign to me to stop using it so much!

I'm with you!

WhiteWashMan

i use tbh, and orly (pronounced oraly)

i may add roflcoptor.

i do however use the full version of several sad internet sayings, like for teh win.

oh, i use OMFG as well occasionally.

i guess im a bit like seamus in that respect.
YAY! *\o/* im a seamus likeabie!

actually, i like seamus a lot.

WhiteWashMan

actaully, i think seamus has the best name on boards.ie

Terry

Idgeitman wrote:

ive said WTF before and lol a hell of alot pronounced Lawl.


~ Idgeitman

do you tell people your name after everything you say?

tba

WhiteWashMan wrote:

actaully, i think seamus has the best name on boards.ie

its easy to pronounce

arbeitsscheuer

I say lol (ell-oh-ell, not loll:D ), roffles, lollers... That's about it.

None of the other acronyms really lend themselves to spoken conversation tbh.

tba

roflwaffle anyone?

RandomOne

WhiteWashMan wrote:

i use tbh, and orly (pronounced oraly)

i may add roflcoptor.

i do however use the full version of several sad internet sayings, like for teh win.

oh, i use OMFG as well occasionally.

i guess im a bit like seamus in that respect.
YAY! *\o/* im a seamus likeabie!

actually, i like seamus a lot.

I really do think you need a break!

neoB

I have and still say lolz, lol, wtf and or brb. "in irl, we dont do stuff like that". Bad habbit but it always brings a wtf face or a laugh from someone.

Creamy Goodness

i've also said roffle once, instead of waffle.

WhiteWashMan

RandomOne wrote:

I really do think you need a break!

you think?

*boggle*

emeraldstar

i've had to stop myself from saying LOL a good few times...but i dont think i ever have actually said it. Well hopefully i haven't!!

Rhyme

tba wrote:

roflwaffle anyone?

Roflobster to be honest.

Id be more partial to taking the extra 2 seconds to type out the whole phrase rather than just typing 'tbh' etc...

ST*

It is pretty bad when people start answering you back in brbs and ttyl's

Hail 2 Da Chimp

A girl I know was working as a waitress and when giving the food to a group of people she said " here you go, smily face".

They didnt get it, all her friends heard.

ThrownAway

When I read ''OMG'' I hear ''oh my god'' not the letters same goes for all of them.

tuxy

Cremo wrote:

i've also said roffle once, instead of waffle.

heh , is roffle an acronym?

Adam

WhiteWashMan wrote:

i use tbh, and orly (pronounced oraly)

i may add roflcoptor.

i do however use the full version of several sad internet sayings, like for teh win.

oh, i use OMFG as well occasionally.

i guess im a bit like seamus in that respect.
YAY! *\o/* im a seamus likeabie!

actually, i like seamus a lot.

Huge ditto there, for teh win has take over my life! And trying to explain it to n00bs never really works...

We're cool though.

Tar.Aldarion

Nightwish wrote:

I must admit to saying STFU and ROFL irl

Please say them in my presence, I will laugh so hard.

I say w00t, I love saying it.
Sometimes 'w00t lol' but only as a joke.

A certain girl I lived with this year said 'tbh' all the time, added a roffle now and again, maybe with a lol or two.
She tries to contain saying it to around people that know what it means though, fails. :P
I think these net acronyms are endearing and funny when my friends say them.
Still, like to poke fun when somebody says, 'it was a good film t b h.' etc.

heh , is roffle an acronym?

It's how you pronounce rofl.

DonkeyStyle \o/

iguana wrote:

In my head I think ROFL, AFAIK, AFAIR and TBH quite a bit.

Same here... including lol, stfu and omg... sometimes I'll hear the dog barking outside at night and I'll think "omg stfu :mad:"
The only one I remember actually saying was 'owned'... not really an acronym or special to the internet... but the lame-internet-guy context I used it in made the other person go "owned? wuuh? "

takola

I've heard myself say the letters lol alot lately instead of actually laughing! And most of the people I hang out with don't use the net so most of the just look at mean like i've suddenly grown 15 more heads. :rolleyes:

L31mr0d

yeah probably only say "roffle" for rofl, and lawl for lol, and i'd spell out things like "rtfq" but thats more of a RL acronym. But I think most of the other ones and have to stop myself from spelling them out. Its a problem I accept, and it comes from years of internet abuse, i'm getting help for it, now stfu&lma... plokta plokta

Naked Lepper

are u people serious?

my god that makes me cringe

using internet acronyms in everyday speech?

how nerdy can you possibly get!!!

r3nu4l

Thankfully I've never used any but I might try a few out deliberately just to see does anyone 1) even notice, 2) understand

Unearthly

When I read them on the internet, I say them in my head normally. So if I saw "tbh" I would think to be honest.

So therefore if use what the f*ck or to be honest in real life, I say it normally.

oh and the person who said Burb