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06/14/05 15:59
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#94906 - The true story
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Payam Soltany said:
I felt rudely offended by this post:
http://www.8052.com/forum/read.phtml?id=92713
And I asked the webmaster to kick out the poster because of using F*** word.
He insistes that "F U" means "If You"


Steve M. Taylor said:
original, innocuous post reads (apparently)

If you forgotten we hate SMS here

Close, but no cigar.

I made the original post, and it was based on a "Two Ronnies"[1] sketch from the seventies.
The sketch parodied a language class, in which the dialogue was subtitled with text such as:

"L O, F U N E X?"

for
"Hello? Have you any eggs?"


(to be read in a comedy fake-german accent).

So, in this context, "F U" means "Have You" - and the true translation is, "Have you forgotten [that] we hate SMS here?"

I think the question mark should have made it obvious that the 'F' word was not intended?

Anyhow, my apologies if it caused offence.




[1] "The Two Ronnies" were a major TV comedy act in England back in the Seventies.

List of 21 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
[OT]Your fair judgment needed.            01/01/70 00:00      
   Good            01/01/70 00:00      
   Off topic            01/01/70 00:00      
      The true story            01/01/70 00:00      
         NO SMS            01/01/70 00:00      
            No sms, BUT            01/01/70 00:00      
               The End.            01/01/70 00:00      
         Phonetic Swedish Lesson            01/01/70 00:00      
            what good does that do            01/01/70 00:00      
         look like a joke            01/01/70 00:00      
            Stupid?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Good - If you forgotten we hate sms here            01/01/70 00:00      
      Then searsh for RTFM in the forum            01/01/70 00:00      
         Oh... so that's what that means!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Why the 'F' word fixation?            01/01/70 00:00      
   SMS and the result            01/01/70 00:00      
   Bad            01/01/70 00:00      
   Get a sodding life Payam            01/01/70 00:00      
   Don't be silly            01/01/70 00:00      
      how could you            01/01/70 00:00      
   So basically....            01/01/70 00:00      

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