Linkblogging of a Friday night

[telophase]

Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog. And an advice column too, it seems.

abbreviaciouns

Oh newfanglenesse! Y have learned the privitees of the manye abbreviaciouns ywritten on the internette. OMG: "oh mine ++DOMINUS++". ROFL: "rollinge on the floore laughinge". IRL: "in reale lyfe." WTF: "whatte the swyve?"

Beinge somethinge of an innovator myselfe, Y presente to yow, churles and gentils alle, the followynge abbreviaciouns. May they serven yow welle in your internette communicacioun:

GP: gentil person

WC: woole customes

XC: Exchequer

BATJG: biggere arsehole thanne john gowere

BSL!: by seinte loy!

OTPBRB: Offe to parliamente, be ryghte back

SNAPFU - BYXCA: supposedely nyce annuitie paymente fuckede uppe by the XC againe

KRBMA: Kynge Richarde II buggynge me againe

AOMSHJDOTBD: anothere of myne servauntes hath just dyede of the blacke death

EISBYMIWATCHDNSTHD: eftsoon I shall be ycleped mad if worke atte the customes house doth not settle the helle downe</blockquote

Comments

[rachel-renee.livejournal.com]

Hylaryty!

[koneko-desu.livejournal.com]

O______o
Our abbreviations aren't quite _that_ horrid are they???

[kintail.livejournal.com]

Eeee! Chaucer was one of my favourite classes in university.

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

You forgot:

GW! - 'Swounds!

GT! - 'Struth!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Go tell Chaucer; I didn't make up the list. :D