May Randoms

emeraldduchess

Is it me, or is Tuesday becoming Drive-By Tuesday? 

dpchickens

b_1029  Bwahaha.... #Priorities

b_1029

@emeraldduchess ....but actually. Seems like there have been WAY more drive bys lately! 

@dpchickens gotta focus on something while benched I guess 

emeraldduchess

@b_1029 the full moon is next week, so we'd better get ready for more!

kbrown2385

@b_1029 feeling pretty proud of myself for being top 4 😆. Does this mean I have no life?

inthewoods23

@kbrown2385 am I still #1? Because clearly I love TB more than my career lol

shamrocandroll

@b_1029 Oh wow.  Maybe I need to cut back on my bumping, hahaha!  It's probably yet another TB feature that doesn't work properly.  Kind of like the ads that keep popping up for like... the May 2017 BMB.

kbrown2385

@inthewoods23 yes, yes you are 🤣🤣

b_1029

@inthewoods23 you are, by a decent amount! I also love TB more than my career.

@kbrown2385 nope, it just means you're really cool 

inthewoods23

@b_1029 idk if I should be proud or ashamed of that 🙈

kbrown2385

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jaclynnb24

Does anyone have tips for remembering all these acronyms 😫

i keep going back back to the “welcome” thread to reference but there are sooooo many acronyms!!🤯

TIA 😘

varimama

Even my H doesn’t want to see the actual sticks I peed on... he’s like can you take a picture of it to show me? 🤣 So idk who is showing multiple people IRL... 

is it possible peoples theknot accounts allow them to join the bump without a waiting period? I honestly don’t remember since I joined like 3 years ago but maybe that explains why people aren’t lurking first 🤷🏻‍♀️ I still don’t really get it since it takes about 30s to see that the board is structured and previous pee stick posts have been closed down 

kbrown2385

@jaclynnb24 a lot of the acronyms just come with time. I still have trouble with some not so common ones and I’ve been here for a while. Did you have any specific questions? 

inthewoods23

@jaclynnb24 have you posted in the latest Newbie intro thread? It helps us get to know you 🙂

I'll save you the trouble since a lot of people mess this one up - PNV is prenatal vitamin

dpchickens

varimama  No idea about theknot not having a waiting period since I've been here forever. But I think TB is easier to navigate and see the board structure on an actual computer, whereas the phone is a bit more wishy-washy with that. I also think that nowadays people are so used to getting on an app or whatnot on their phones and sending something off into the ether and expecting instant gratification, that they just assume everything is like that. 

jaclynnb24

@kbrown2385 I’m getting the hang of some. You are definitely right! I think it will take time. For now I screenshot the whole glossary and just go to it to reference lol no questions really, at least not yet 😉

@inthewoods23 I saw the newbie thread I think for 5/1. I didn’t want to jump in cause I felt I was too late. I thought I would wait for a newbie thread for this week but haven’t seen one yet. & good to know 😉 thanks for that tip 👍🏻 I have been lurking for 4 weeks now and still feel lost trying to decipher the acronyms lol

thank you both so much 

kagesstarshroom

@jaclynn24 I am pretty sure I posted a newbie thread for this week! I referred endlessly to those acronyms when I first got here--the longer you're here, the easier they are to get.

kagesstarshroom

@varimama I was a knot member who posted to knot boards (in 2013), but still had a bump waiting period (in 2018)! included years in case that has something to do w/ it.

jaclynnb24

@kagesstarshroom I will scroll through again. Maybe I scrolled right passed it. And good to know I’m not the only one 😉 thank you

begging4abump

@dpchickens I just caught up on 30+ posts on this thread, so I know I’m super late on this, but your “jagoff” comment gave this #filthadelphian a good smirk. 😂 how did I not notice all yinz are all from the ‘burgh before last week? Also, mh told me to add in a yoy yoy (?) I think. He’s really loving playing up his hometown vernacular bc I’ve mentioned this forum to him.

bows22

@begging4abump double yoi!

celticknotfire

@dpchickens I also laughed at your jagoff comment.

To all the Pittsburgh people I've lived here almost 5 years and I'm still learning your language!  When I moved here I thought people were joking about Pittsburghese until I realized there's an actual website about it.

brookert615

Bahaha. I always thought I had my yinzer under control until DH. He’s from northern PA and always makes fun of me. I’m guilty of the slur and definitely all of the Pittsburgh slang. I legit just found out about the “needs done” by this forum! Who knew? 🤷🏻‍♀️

keikilove

A random thought triggered by today’s random drive-by:
“Line eyes” has to be the single stupidest phrase associated with TTC. It has always annoyed me, even before my TTC challenges. 

mrsvp614

@keikilove Agree 100%. *major eye roll*

chichiphin

@begging4abump *waves to you from another corner of filthadelphia*

whitealbum29

I really need to go visit Pittsburgh, I don't think I knew that it's known for its language quirks! I was there just once I think, like 15+ years ago for a college visit. The "needs done" thing sounds vaguely familiar but didn't know it was a Pittsburgh thing. 

dpchickens

begging4abump YEAH to your DH!  

P.S.  Legit, the 'union manual labor job' mentioned earlier that my dad worked at.... totally a Still Mill! 

celticknotfire Seriously... check out Pittsburgh Dad!  Amazeballs!

brookert615  I legit had NO idea until this thread that "needs done" was incorrect!  OOps?!?  It took me YEARS to break myself of saying "5am in the morning" which is redundant... also "My one friend, X" as despite my bitchy bitter hag-ness, I do actually have more than one friend and the above is not the way to start talking about one OF my friends...

shamrocandroll

Me right now with this PA club that I'm not a part of...

brookert615

@dpchickens Everything is a lie. I'm guilty of those, too! 

@shamrocandroll Yinz guys can come anytime! We can get a Primanti's sammich n'at? Maybe you can teach us proper English, too? 

@begging4abump Just Google Double Yoi and you'll hear a legend! 

chichiphin

lol wait @begging4abump is YH a yinzer too? I must admit that I am a philly transplant, but I'm always so annoyed with his pittsburgh sports loyalty and complete hatred for all things philly sports. 

when I secretly love gritty... 

kagesstarshroom

@chichiphin I LOVE GRITTTTY. I'm a Philly-area native, lived in the city 6 years before moving to Louisiana. Gritty is the best thing to happen to Philly in my too-long absence. Love Philly, misssss Philly. DH hates all things sports but loves Gritty--as we all I hope know by know I'm a die-hard Eagles fan & will root for all the other teams from the area, esp. if they're in the playoffs! (Sixers looked terrible last night, might I add.)

shamrocandroll

@brookert615 Actually I will be in Philly in October for a wedding!  I dunno if that qualifies, haha!  Not sure you want a Bostonian teaching you proper English, though.  Although my accent isn't wicked heavy. 

brookert615

@shamrocandroll We can compare notes ! It was actually a shock to me to see that there's no Primanti's near Philly. I laughed a bit because it looks like there's a distinct radius around Philly that is a no-Primanti's zone  . The closest one is about an hour away! 

inthewoods23

@shamrocandroll I'm over here like I've got the Midwestern "ope" when I bump into people. Can I make a club out of that? 😆 We speak funny over here too!

Except for "bubbler". Unacceptable! The word doesn't even make sense!

brookert615

@inthewoods23 Too funny!  I do the "ope", too! What is this "bubbler" you speak of? lol

kagesstarshroom

I pronounce water funny, from being from the Philly/South Jersey area--that's about it, but it's uNDENIABLE. When I live in Boston (& still today some places!) waiters would be like "wait, you want a what" and I'd be like "WATER" and they'd be like "I'm sorry what?" oooo it was the worst. There's no wrong way to pronounce something in terms of dialect differences! & now I'm an English PhD student soooo come at me, wait-people.

inthewoods23

@brookert615 Bubbler is the stupid name people call a water or drinking fountain here. Wtf lol

ETA added tag

whitealbum29

Re: regional dialects....my SO is from Texas and my favorite phrase he uses occasionally is "might could/might should." "We might could go to the store" = "we might be able to go to the store." Is this common? I was totally unfamiliar when I met him and think it's so odd/interesting/endearing.