M Power forum

[supermono]

Just been lurking with the BMW boys for some reason. I thought our shower here were a bit illiterate (your not you're, apostrophes on plurals, "should of", etc) but that lot are on another level.

One's talking about his brakes "ceasing" instead of seizing and some of the replies duplicate the error lol.

What can it mean?

SM

[kayc]

supermono said:

Just been lurking with the BMW boys for some reason. I thought our shower here were a bit illiterate (your not you're, apostrophes on plurals, "should of", etc) but that lot are on another level.

One's talking about his brakes "ceasing" instead of seizing and some of the replies duplicate the error lol.

What can it mean?

SM

I rekon it meens they are to bizzy drivin there motas to bovver too spell proper.

Edited by kayc on Monday 18th February 15:58

[Paul Dishman]

supermono said:

Just been lurking with the BMW boys for some reason. I thought our shower here were a bit illiterate (your not you're, apostrophes on plurals, "should of", etc) but that lot are on another level.

One's talking about his brakes "ceasing" instead of seizing and some of the replies duplicate the error lol.

What can it mean?

SM

People using "there" instead of "their" is another irritation. Standards of written English are slipping

[andy tims]

My 13 year old daughter looked at me as though I'd just landed from Mars at the weekend when I pulled her up on her use of fone, rather than phone in a text. Proper spelling is just so un-cool these days

[timmo]

Ive seen you lurking on the "Pie & Piston " forum .

I cant believe what tosh they come out with there ,

For a laugh I started a thread about my new dog licking his Co*k .

you would not believe how many replies it received

We are Insulated against that Crap on here ..... be grateful with the odd spelling error

[kayc]

timmo said:

Ive seen you lurking on the "Pie & Piston " forum .

I cant believe what tosh they come out with there ,

For a laugh I started a thread about my new dog licking his Co*k .

you would not believe how many replies it received

We are Insulated against that Crap on here ..... be grateful with the odd spelling error

Why does your dog lick his c@ck?....

[Loach]

supermono said:

What can it mean?

SM

They say that if you put an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters, that eventually, they'll write all of the great works. I figure that 'M' stands for monkeys, and if we read their output in that forum long enough, they'll get it right eventually.

[timmo]

Thats what I wanted to find out Kev !!!

I whacked him a few times with a paper as suggested on the " Pie & Piston " forum - hes been good as gold since

Good to see you back - life is a bit boring without your
Inputs on these forums

[supermono]

kayc said:

Why does your dog lick his c@ck?....

Same reason anyone would if they could

SM

[timmo]

See............. a Pie & Piston regular !!!!

[jonlwright]

Strange, I have just sold my 911 and have bought a BMW M6 - since doing so, I have felt my intelligence slipping on a day by day basis and find I have an uncontrollable urge to talk in TLAs (Three Letter Abbreviations). Things like why is S6 only available on the SMG with DSC off and EDC on sport etc. etc.

So, what should be next on my shopping list to ensure I do not become totally illiterate in the future? Lexus, Jaguar?

[supermono]

jonlwright said:

Strange, I have just sold my 911 and have bought a BMW M6

Cool. Lovely looking beast. How are you finding it?

SM

[kayc]

timmo said:

Thats what I wanted to find out Kev !!!

I whacked him a few times with a paper as suggested on the " Pie & Piston " forum - hes been good as gold since

Good to see you back - life is a bit boring without your
Inputs on these forums

I thought you were going to say its because he can!Looking to get back into a Porker in the next few weeks Tim and i will obviously big-up the new car as much as possible afterwards.

Edited by kayc on Monday 18th February 16:24

[willdew]

jonlwright said:

...I have felt my intelligence slipping on a day by day basis and find I have an uncontrollable urge to talk in TLAs (Three Letter Abbreviations)...

LOL. You have been spending too much time on there - TLA is more commonly used to stand for "Three Letter Acronym"

[jonlwright]

supermono said:

jonlwright said:

Strange, I have just sold my 911 and have bought a BMW M6

Cool. Lovely looking beast. How are you finding it?

SM

It is a different drive to my previous Turbo X50. In some ways the Turbo wipes the floor with it, in others the BMW seems like a different class of car. Performance wise, delivery is different - but I don't think there is a lot in it. The noise of the M6 is to die for, the cabin is an impressive place to be - the turbo had alot more mechanical grip.

On the whole, I am very pleased and it will hopefully keep me amused until the 997 Turbo starts becoming affordable :-)

Jon.

Edited by jonlwright on Monday 18th February 16:46

[timmo]

kayc said:

timmo said:

Thats what I wanted to find out Kev !!!

I whacked him a few times with a paper as suggested on the " Pie & Piston " forum - hes been good as gold since

Good to see you back - life is a bit boring without your
Inputs on these forums

I thought you were going to say its because he can!Looking to get back into a Porker in the next few weeks Tim and i will obviously big-up the new car as much as possible afterwards.

Edited by kayc on Monday 18th February 16:24

Red Boxster S with Savanna Interior ???

[blade7]

supermono said:

Just been lurking with the BMW boys for some reason. I thought our shower here were a bit illiterate (your not you're, apostrophes on plurals, "should of", etc) but that lot are on another level.

One's talking about his brakes "ceasing" instead of seizing and some of the replies duplicate the error lol.

What can it mean?

SM

That you have to much spah, spere, sphare, er free time.

[thegoose]

willdew said:

jonlwright said:

...I have felt my intelligence slipping on a day by day basis and find I have an uncontrollable urge to talk in TLAs (Three Letter Abbreviations)...

LOL. You have been spending too much time on there - TLA is more commonly used to stand for "Three Letter Acronym"

I understood that an acronym was supposed to spell out a word in itself, rather than just be a few initial letters?

[thegoose]

willdew said:

thegoose said:

willdew said:

jonlwright said:

...I have felt my intelligence slipping on a day by day basis and find I have an uncontrollable urge to talk in TLAs (Three Letter Abbreviations)...

LOL. You have been spending too much time on there - TLA is more commonly used to stand for "Three Letter Acronym"

I understood that an acronym was supposed to spell out a word in itself, rather than just be a few initial letters?

It's both. It's to form a "word", but LOL, IMHO, ROFL, NIMBY and TLA etc all count as "words". Hence, TLA is a pun, as it is indeed a "TLA" itself.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&defl=en&a...

Hmm All but one of those definitions said that an acronym is a word in itself, even if that has been formed from a set of initials (SCUBA, NASA etc). So, unless you pronounce IMHO as, say, "imm-hoe" (and who would?) it would not normally qualify as a proper acronym.

Right, who's for discussing mnemonics next?

[ASBO]

I have to admit, I am rather embarrassed to be a part of the ///M community sometimes. It can get a little too 'street' which does tend to lower the tone a tad.

However, there is still a dedicated and enthusiastic core kru () group who own M-cars for the right reason.

Edited by ASBO on Tuesday 19th February 12:42