The word xmas..

dazftw

Does this not annoy anyone else greatly? People please stop using the word xmas. Like cmon your typing Christmas but are to lazy to type 5 extra letters and instead put in a letter thats not even in the word? Its like being Irish and saying boxing day.

...sorry for the little rant.. just my mother text me "i got ure xmas pressie" shes in her mid 40's and uses txt spk its horrible

im trying to picture the replies coming to me now :pac:

mikemac

Annoys me greatly, it's no different to text speak

Oh and Americans saying "Happy Holidays"
I'm not sure why it's done but everyone seems to do it

AckwelFoley

Its used to take the religion out of the event.

neil_hosey

the xmas and the 'boxing day' crap does my head in..

BroomBurner

snyper wrote: »

Its used to take the religion out of the event.

Yeah, let's get rid of the religion... oh, wait...

faceman

Whether its Christmas or Xmas it still means one thing... Bah humbug!

ChewChew

ah I hate it. drives. me. insane. its like in work, I hate the month of october because someone I work with does his dates like this:

eg. . . 15/X/2008

If I was to do that it would be: 15/10/2008. Why would someone do this??? why???? :eek:

mikemac

You can't realy complain about boxing day since it's Ireland which is being different to many other countries

We watch British and Australian TV programmes and sure many of the newspapers are British so it's to be expected.

littlefriend

ChewChew wrote: »

ah I hate it. drives. me. insane. its like in work, I hate the month of october because someone I work with does his dates like this:

eg. . . 15/X/2008

If I was to do that it would be: 15/10/2008. Why would someone do this??? why???? :eek:

oh my God what a prick.

Fad

dazftw wrote: »

Does this not annoy anyone else greatly? People please stop using the word xmas. Like cmon your typing Christmas but are to lazy to type 5 extra letters and instead put in a letter thats not even in the word? Its like being Irish and saying boxing day.

I use it because I'm an Atheist, which I refrain from talking about unless someone asks about it (as I'm not a cúnt :pac:)


Also so in text based conversation its considerably faster to type, short hand for religion notes also features "Xtianity" although that just makes Christianity kinda cool. NEVER in verbal communication though......ever.

Thoie

ChewChew wrote: »

ah I hate it. drives. me. insane. its like in work, I hate the month of october because someone I work with does his dates like this:

eg. . . 15/X/2008

If I was to do that it would be: 15/10/2008. Why would someone do this??? why???? :eek:

Relatively common to use Roman numerals for the month if you work with a lot of different countries - helps people from different countries know what you're talking about.

15/10 is obviously October, but 12/10 is less obvious to some (poor, confused, bewildered) people.

AlmightyCushion

dazftw wrote: »

Like cmon your typing Christmas but are to lazy to type 5 extra letters and instead put in a letter thats not even in the word?

The x actually comes from the Latin or Greek spelling of the word Christ or something like that.

towel401

The yanks put the month first. thats even more confusing

Hogzy

Fox News (In all its wisdom:rolleyes:) had two ladies on the other day promoting the words HAPPY CHRISTMAS is the US, They had excellent points to make, its a christian holiday so why not call it a christian name... Also people say happy hanukkah... Its typical America, Trying so hard not to be biased/racist or whatever and they end up doing the opposite!

littlefriend

Christina Aguilera does it too - Xtina
Hideous

javaboy

snyper wrote: »

Its used to take the religion out of the event.

It is nowadays. Also to fit the word onto festive socks since Christmas is too long.

But as AC mentioned it originally goes back to the Latin. X or chi was the first letter of Christ in Latin and it was a common abbreviation in times of yore.

Fanny Cradock

Actually, the word Christmas has been abbreviated for millennia. For instance, XP was used as the abbreviation for Christ from Greek. However, as I stated over in the Christianity forum, I doubt that this would necessarily be common knowledge, nor do I believe that people are really that short on time or ink to justify not typing the extra 5 letters.

InkSlinger67

Festivus is the way to go people!

I'm making a donation to the human fund right now!

faceman

ChewChew wrote: »

ah I hate it. drives. me. insane. its like in work, I hate the month of october because someone I work with does his dates like this:

eg. . . 15/X/2008

If I was to do that it would be: 15/10/2008. Why would someone do this??? why???? :eek:

This decade ive been signing dates in this format:

14/12/8
7/6/5

A work colleague was driven mad by my lack of zeros before the year in particular and started adding it in herself after i dated something! :eek:

towel401

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

Festivus is the way to go people!

I'm making a donation to the human fund right now!

festivus is ****e

Stick to Christmas. or the over commercialised version of it, Giftmas. with the emphasis on gifts instead of Jesus

Hogzy

littlefriend wrote: »

Xtina

Thats the stupidest thing iv ever heard!

mikemac

Stroll over to the athletics forum.

XC is cross country

Fad

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

Festivus is the way to go people!

I'm making a donation to the human fund right now!

Cant wait for the airing of grievances

littlefriend

Hogzy wrote: »

Thats the stupidest thing iv ever heard!

Hey, I didn't make it up

AlmightyCushion

littlefriend wrote: »

Christina Aguilera does it too - Xtina
Hideous

She's an idiot. X is short for Christ so she is saying Christtina instead of Christina. You could also say she has a God complex or something like that too.

Sir Gallagher

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

She's an idiot. X is short for Christ so she is saying Christtina instead of Christina. You could also say she has a God complex or something like that too.

One of these pseudo-religious celebrities, they make me sick.

Irish Halo

snyper wrote: »

Its used to take the religion out of the event.

Fad wrote: »

I use it because I'm an Atheist, which I refrain from talking about unless someone asks about it

+1 on both counts

I don't celebrate "the birth" of Jesus I celebrate spending time with my family (now more than ever as I live abroad) so this time of the year is Xmas not Christmas

Run_to_da_hills

I only brought up the subject in the Christianity forum, we were told by a priest in school never to abbreviate Christmas to Xmas, I see a large illuminated sign outside Blackrock Collage, (Same Holy Ghost orders)" XMas trees for sale", thats hypocrisy.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I only brought up the subject in the Christianity forum, we were told by a priest in school never to abbreviate Christmas to Xmas, I see a large illuminated sign outside Blackrock Collage, (Same Holy Ghost orders)" XMas trees for sale", thats hypocrisy.

That pries was poorly educated. He should look into the etymology of the word xmas.

Fizman

Xmas is not nearly as annoying as the word Xtina.

Grrrr.

ChewChew

littlefriend wrote: »

oh my God what a prick.

ah he's not THAT bad. lol.

Thoie wrote: »

Relatively common to use Roman numerals for the month if you work with a lot of different countries - helps people from different countries know what you're talking about.

15/10 is obviously October, but 12/10 is less obvious to some (poor, confused, bewildered) people.

Well we work in a hospital

faceman wrote: »

This decade ive been signing dates in this format:

14/12/8
7/6/5

A work colleague was driven mad by my lack of zeros before the year in particular and started adding it in herself after i dated something! :eek:

I do an awful lot of handwriting in work and i sometimes leave my zero's out so say in January I will be writing the date: 1/1/9

Hogzy

littlefriend wrote: »

Hey, I didn't make it up

Lol ya i know i was just saying its a stupid shortening!!!sorry if you thought i was saying you were stupid