Comments on Magpie Musing: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

I know all the words to Frank Mills. Do you?

2010-02-16T18:14:05.638-05:00

I know all the words to Frank Mills. Do you?

Oh, I say "what the fuck". Usually repeatedly. U...

2010-02-10T15:42:30.958-05:00

Oh, I say "what the fuck". Usually repeatedly. Until one of my daughters chastises me for swearing too much.

My response to "roffle" is WTF?

2010-02-10T14:35:11.762-05:00

My response to "roffle" is WTF?

I often say Double Ewe Eff. or even Double Ewe Eff...

2010-02-10T12:52:08.899-05:00

I often say Double Ewe Eff. or even Double Ewe Eff EFF! if the situation warrants.

WTGMMKUTGW!!! Roffle.

2010-02-10T09:46:48.361-05:00

WTGMMKUTGW!!!

Roffle.

As a nurse, there are a gazillion acronyms. My fav...

2010-02-10T08:39:34.065-05:00

As a nurse, there are a gazillion acronyms. My favorites are F/U and SOB. OBVIOUSLY.

i think of WTF as "what the fuck" but LOL as simpl...

2010-02-09T15:12:36.188-05:00

i think of WTF as "what the fuck" but LOL as simple L-O-L

Speaking of which, our 4th grade science teacher, ...

2010-02-09T10:18:23.559-05:00

Speaking of which, our 4th grade science teacher, Mr. Rivers, used to play tapes? records? during class, including Hair. I particularly liked Sodomy (the song, that is), which taught me several new and interesting words. Mr. Rivers, alas, left abruptly in the middle of the term.

I will say double-u-tee-eff if I need to say "what...

2010-02-09T09:55:13.282-05:00

I will say double-u-tee-eff if I need to say "what the fuck" in front of children. It's handy that way. I never ever say ay-sap. That's just moronic.

I agree with you on "as soon as possible". The ot...

2010-02-09T09:30:58.582-05:00

I agree with you on "as soon as possible". The others all sound doofy to me.

Please shoot me if I say roffle. I live my profe...

2010-02-08T23:40:11.844-05:00

Please shoot me if I say roffle.

I live my professional life in a land of acronyms (CMS, OHA, IRB, HHS...) which I think makes me less interested in acronyms in my non-working time. (then again, I work at a computer and still use it other hours...)

I vow never, ever to say "roffle." Never.

2010-02-08T21:34:51.683-05:00

I vow never, ever to say "roffle." Never.

Nothing makes me feel like a cranky old man in a r...

2010-02-08T20:54:55.086-05:00

Nothing makes me feel like a cranky old man in a rocking chair with pants pulled up to my nipples like reading chat acronyms. U have 2? Y R U too lazy to just write the damned words????!!!! Okay, I might have used WTF a time or two, but I would never pronounce the letters out loud.

I don't think I'm much for pronouncing initialisms...

2010-02-08T20:41:44.339-05:00

I don't think I'm much for pronouncing initialisms--if I were reading your first paragraph aloud, I'd say ASAP, but I don't think I'd generate it in a sentence of my own. And I'd probably just say "what the fuck?" if I were inclined to say that, too.

I definitely say "as soon as possible" and "what t...

2010-02-08T19:31:46.204-05:00

I definitely say "as soon as possible" and "what the fuck."

Funny that you bring this up now, because I was just having a conversation about the pronunciation of "lolcat" yesterday."L-O-L-cat."

But I otherwise read "lol" as "L-O-L." (And for the record, I never write "lol." I'm more likely to type

"Ay-sap" makes me cringe. "WTF" should be pronoun...

2010-02-08T19:01:40.050-05:00

"Ay-sap" makes me cringe. "WTF" should be pronounced "what the fuck." And I have never heard of "roffle" until now.

Always "as soon as possible" and always "what the ...

2010-02-08T18:59:30.860-05:00

Always "as soon as possible" and always "what the fuck." The latter is usually followed by additional expletives.

I never say ASAP but I write it. I say "immediatel...

2010-02-08T17:10:51.050-05:00

I never say ASAP but I write it. I say "immediately."

I write "WTF" and think to myself "what the fuck" and try never to say it (given small children); I tend to say, "Duuuuude..." (Very 90s, I know!)