Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Say it, don't spray it...um, I mean don't "spell" it

I used to love that saying when I was a kid..."Say it, don't spray it!"  Remember?  We would say that when someone was talking and would inadvertently spit while they were talking....LOL!  Mostly it was the kids with braces...poor bastards.  Hell, what am I talking about...I was the poor bastard who waited until adulthood to wear braces...ugh!  Anyway...what I was saying, was that we used to use that stupid little saying when someone talked and spit.  NOW, I just want to scream..."SAY IT, DON'T SPELL IT!"  UGH!!!!  In these annoying times...spelling words or using acronyms seem to be the NEW big thing.  But really?  Is it really new?  OMG...NO it's not.  U C, there were many U.S. (United States) companies that were far ahead of the curve.  Yeah, ever heard of I.B.M.?  They were once known as International Business Machines.  Heard of AT&T....American Telephone and Telegraph, UPS....United Parcel Service, the list goes on and on.  This whole acronym thing is nothing new.  Hmmm....kinda reminds me of a past blog...."Everything old is new again."  The only difference now is that the words are dirty.  When you say WTF it does not make it nice.  Just because you don't actually say the word "Fuck" doesn't mean that you haven't insinuated it.  OMG...still taking the Lord's name in vein by saying "God".   I can remember when I was little, getting in trouble for saying the word "Hell."  So once we got in trouble for saying it, we started spelling it....." H E double toothpicks".  Don't ask.  I guess you couldn't even spell it with the real letters without getting in trouble.  Then there were words that you spelled strangely just for fun.  Take, for instance, MISSISSIPPI.  That would translate to M I, crooked line, crooked line, I, crooked line, crooked line, I, hump back, hump back, I.  Not sure where that came from, but remember....I grew up in Northwest Indiana. Point made.  So the whole WTF, OMG is really nothing new, just a way of saying something you shouldn't really be saying in public without getting looked at.  Youth of America...acronyms are nothing new and neat.  Wasn't it Michael Jackson that said, "I want to love you, PYT (pretty young thing).  You need some lovin', TLC (tender lovin' care)....yeah he did.  So that't how I feel about that.  Come on youth of the new Millenium get your OWN thing.   Oh, and please....do not adopt one of my creepers...Heather Rivera's new thing (***HEY SHOUT OUT TO HEATHER....CREEPER OF THE DAY who cannot admit, by becoming a follower, that she reads my blog every day....sometimes reading the same blog over and over since I am her idol!!!!!) of talking in www.   She's starting her own campaign of talking in www terms.  ie:  www.I'macreeper.com.  She's actually rubbing off on my BFF/Sister, Tina, who in response to a low blow (delivered by yours truly) could only come up with a come back of www.gagmewithaspoon.com.  Come on T...you're almost 50....and sorry, regardless of what Oprah says....50 is NOT the new 40....it's just 50....1/2 way to 100...on the downward slope.  OK, again I apologize for digressing.  My point of today's VERY short blog (tired as I didn't sleep well last night, had an early meeting this morning and then walked the State Fair of Texas all day....) say what's on your mind.  Don't spell it....don't acronym it....don't www it.....JUST SAY IT!!!  It is no nicer, or less sharp of a cut down (or attempt at one) if you shorten it.  Grow a set and SAY IT.   K?  K.   TTYL 4 sure.  <3 U,  C U!!!  XOXO!

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