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Page 3 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 > Topic Options #207159 - 09/16/12 06:55 PM Re: R.T.K. [Re: LukeJavan8] olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 956 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand YCLIU Luke. Txt speak is also known as Netspeak amongst social networkers. Top #207160 - 09/16/12 07:41 PM Re: R.T.K. [Re: olly] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass many of these internet initialisms predate texting - I started seeing them when I first began frequenting USENET forums, which predated internet forums such as this one (this would have been during the 90s). "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea. Massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." — Gene Spafford, 1992 Top #207163 - 09/16/12 10:13 PM Re: R.T.K. [Re: tsuwm] olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 956 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand Like you say, a precursor to UBB. I'd used terms such as WYSIWYG and GUI and HUI as well Top #207164 - 09/16/12 10:49 PM Re: R.T.K. [Re: olly] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass I wonder if some of them even date from the days of the BBSs? nah, probly not.. Top #207165 - 09/17/12 04:47 AM Re: R.T.K. [Re: olly] Avy old hand Registered: 06/23/00 Posts: 724 Those days when what you saw wasn't what you got! Sheesh! The dark ages. "This word processor is WSYWYG!" "IT IS?" "Yes." "WOW!!" *with awe in the eyes* Top #207166 - 09/17/12 05:55 AM Re: R.T.K. [Re: LukeJavan8] Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1706 Loc: down under Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando Not LOL, but ROFLMFAO. (Whaddya make of that, Luke?) I don't text Rhub, so you've got me. But surely you will remember now, Luke that AFK = Away From Keyboard! You have come across it before.....when wofahulicodoc said it recently. And its not to far to figure out that RTK means the Rhuby has returned (to keyboard) Top #207171 - 09/17/12 08:30 AM Re: R.T.K. [Re: Candy] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 Rhuby's Too Kewl. Top #207174 - 09/17/12 10:39 AM Re: R.T.K. [Re: Faldage] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1075 Loc: Lancaster, UK As I teased Luke with ROFL...., knowing he doesn't speak text, I probably deserve to have Rhuby's Too Krool _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #207176 - 09/17/12 11:43 AM Re: R.T.K. [Re: olly] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8429 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: olly YCLIU Luke. Txt speak is also known as Netspeak amongst social networkers. Oh, well, no loss. I am not a social networker either, rather read a good book. But thanks, Olly. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #207184 - 09/18/12 02:50 PM Re: R.T.K. [Re: LukeJavan8] Aramis addict Registered: 05/17/05 Posts: 456 Loc: SE US A. has been told that when connections get slow it is from WWW pipes being clogged with LOLcats. Could be just the fur. _________________________ ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Top Page 3 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8946 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222187 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0, Lonnie 8946 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 26 Guests and 6 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 62 LukeJavan8 53 may2point0 16 May 3 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8429 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6785 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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