End-of-year Chat

Maggie Mash · Mon 28 Dec, 2009 14.38

Good afternoon everybody. I'm here to announce that MetroChat/Maggie Mash's WORDS-o-PLENTY is now open until the 2nd January, should anyone wish to chat.

It's available here

cdd · Mon 28 Dec, 2009 17.21

Well I think you're on twice the power trip Metrotwitter was, replacing all instances of Christmas with Maggiemas!

Jovis · Mon 28 Dec, 2009 17.23

Took me a couple of readings to work out that it'd been changed.

Anyway, that's not half as bad as Asa, who won't tolerate 'x m a s', and changes it to 'c h r i s t m a s'!

Philip · Tue 29 Dec, 2009 13.12

Jovis wrote:Took me a couple of readings to work out that it'd been changed.

Anyway, that's not half as bad as Asa, who won't tolerate 'x m a s', and changes it to 'c h r i s t m a s'!

Honestly, is that so bad? I don't see the need to have it saying 'X m a s' instead of 'C h r i s t m a s' - the word was created as a shortened version and is seen as txt talk so Asa is trying to be helpful by changing it automatically.

Sput · Tue 29 Dec, 2009 13.33

It's not ruddy text speak. That'd be xms

Jamesypoo · Tue 29 Dec, 2009 14.04

Whilst watching Victorian Farm Christmas the other day, I noticed a Victorian magazine was branded an "X-mas Edition" so not an entirely new thing.

Jovis · Tue 29 Dec, 2009 14.15

Philip wrote:
Jovis wrote:Took me a couple of readings to work out that it'd been changed.

Anyway, that's not half as bad as Asa, who won't tolerate 'x m a s', and changes it to 'c h r i s t m a s'!
Honestly, is that so bad? I don't see the need to have it saying 'X m a s' instead of 'C h r i s t m a s' - the word was created as a shortened version and is seen as txt talk so Asa is trying to be helpful by changing it automatically.

Yep, just to re-iterate, I WAS being ENTIRELY serious.

Philip · Tue 29 Dec, 2009 14.58

Jovis wrote:
Philip wrote:
Jovis wrote:Took me a couple of readings to work out that it'd been changed.

Anyway, that's not half as bad as Asa, who won't tolerate 'x m a s', and changes it to 'c h r i s t m a s'!
Honestly, is that so bad? I don't see the need to have it saying 'X m a s' instead of 'C h r i s t m a s' - the word was created as a shortened version and is seen as txt talk so Asa is trying to be helpful by changing it automatically.
Yep, just to re-iterate, I WAS being ENTIRELY serious.

Yes, because if you weren't being serious, you would use emotions. Just to re-iterate.

Critique · Tue 29 Dec, 2009 20.13

I see no problem with changing X M a s to C h r i s t m a s and no problem with Christmas either.