Who is Betsy Ross?

[Michael]

I'm not a great fan of Sylvester Stallone but one film of his that I do like is "Demolition Man". There is one scene in it where he is doing some needlework (!!! If you haven't seen it - don't ask!!!) and he says something like "So now I'm Betsy f***ing Ross".

Can any of our American friends tell me who Betsy Ross is? Does she have an embroidery TV show or something?

The wife of Mr Ross. Hope that helps you out.

[Michael]

Thanks for that Jethro - where would we be without such informative people as yourself!!!

(YAWN!!!)

[paulw]

She was a seamstress (or something) who knocked up the first rebel flag for those revolting Yanks (at least they were in 1776)

N.B. to all my US chums - that's a joke.

Cheers,

Paul.

[barrk]

She was credited for making the first stars and stripes American flag.....not the rebel flag!

[paulw]

From an English point of view, that IS the rebel flag. The Stars and Bars is just internal politics.

Joking, really.

Yours internationally,

Paul.

[barrk]

lol paulw

[paulw]

Can somebody please tell me what 'lol' means? I'm too old for all this...

Paul.

P.S. Oops - I've just seen you're in the military - I'll be more polite from now on Ma'am.

[barrk]

It stands for lot's of love...or just kidding...or it's okay if you are not polite. (lol)

[paulw]

Ahhhh.

And there was me being patronising to 250 million good souls.

I am ashamed of myself.

Cheers,

Paul.

[barrk]

Actually, I'm not in the military I just work for the Department of Defense as a contractor forever and grew up on an Air Force base due to parents being the military!

[paulw]

OK, surrounded by the military - I'll still be polite...

I can't say lol, my wife wouldn't approve!

Home to my four under fours now (two of eight weeks)<yawn>

Take care,

Paul.

[barrk]

Have fun with them. I have a 14, 16 and 18 year old myself. I think you've got it easier for the time being!

[HarryW]

Yikes, four under fours, you're keen aren't you Paul?

I hate to be pedantic, but technically 'lol' stands for 'laughs out loud'.

[barrk]

Boy, do I feel like a stupid! I like my definition better but, I won't fly in the face of superior knowlege!

[HarryW]

'Fraid so Barrk And I'm pretty reliable on this, I played Ultima Online (it's an online role playing game) just about every day for two years, and people are constantly saying 'lol', 'rofl', 'lmao' and other such abbreviations. There are quite a lot, see if you can recognise them/figure them out:

rofl
lmao
cya
brt
omw
omg
brb
afk

That's all the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

[barrk]

rofl
definition: rolls on floor laughing?
usage: barrk thought lol meant lot's of love (rofl)

cya
definition: cover your ass(arse?)
usage: If you're going to claim to know something you'd better cya.

omg
definition: oh my god
usage: omg, barrk is such an idiot(rofl)

[Allen Schoessler]

LOL doesn't mean "Lot's of Love...." It means "Laughing Out Loud."

Harry, here are some of the translations to your list:

cya = See Ya
brb = Be Right Back

One I use is CUL8R, which means See You Later.

Hope that helps....

[Sam Finch]

personally IMEUAIGA

[HarryW]

Well not bad so far Yep, 'cya' means 'see ya'. 'CUL8R' is an example of another popular family of abbrevs (note the irony ) like 'w8 up', 'l8r' and 'm8'.

I should mention that some of the aforementioned abbreviations are sort of specific to online gaming, but could be applied to a normal conversation I guess. As a an example and a clue for the others, 'brt' means 'be right there'.

[HarryW]

Oh and yes, 'omg' = 'oh my God'

Snafu


Fubar

DerFarm

rofl = rolling on floor laughing
lmao = laughing my ass off
cya = see ya
brt = be right there
omw = on my way
omg = oh my god
brb = be right back
afk = away from keyboard

ttyl = talk to ya later
ttfn = tata for now
OIC = Oh, I see
AFAIK = as far as i know
HTH = hit the head
IMO = in my opinion
IMHO = in my humble opinion
*** = what the ****
NFW = no ****ing way
FTS = **** this ****

FUBAR = ****ed up beyond all recognition
SNAFU = Situation Normal -- All ****ed up

[barrk]

Not sure if this applies here but...

We use the term WAG here all the time. Any idea what it stands for?

we assume you're gay

[barrk]

Care to try again?

Wild Ass Guess?

[barrk]

Did someone tell you or was that just a WAG?

I knew it all along...


can you guess what... *Dennis thinks*


damnit, can't think of anymore acronyms!

lol.....laughs out loud.

seppo....American

TTFN.....Ta Ta For Now

Dennis

Shouldn't that be [u]Wide arse guess[/b].....lol.....sorry just couldn't resist it. Don't freak it, my brother in law broke our diving board over the weekend. Now there's a wide boy. Had to dive in and drag him out he was laughing so much.

[/u]
actually, if WAG applies to you jethro, it should be
wanking ass-gouger


you forgot a [ u ] there..

...the w world over there. Now as you know 98% percent of the male population masturbates and the other 2% lie about it.

[barrk]

Originally posted by paulw
She was a seamstress (or something) who knocked up the first rebel flag for those revolting Yanks (at least they were in 1776)

N.B. to all my US chums - that's a joke.

Cheers,

Paul.

The term "knocked up" means pregnant here. What exactly does it mean to you????

[HarryW]

I thought HTH meant 'hope that helped'. Maybe there's 2 meanings.

Yeah knocked up means pregnant over on these shores too.

Haha, gotta laugh at Jethro's unfortunate bro-in-law *Chuckle*

[barrk]

seppo=American


or am I better off not knowing?

[HarryW]

It's Ozzie rhyming slang. Septic tank - yank

[barrk]

glad to know that we are thought so highly of in your country. Gives me warm fuzzies all over.

[HarryW]

Hehe, well in that case you definitely don't want to know why you're called soapies in Cockney rhyming slang

[barrk]

Ok why?

[HarryW]

Soapy tit **** - yank

*Chuckle* Well you did ask