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YOU K or UK
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27/06/2016 20:09
27/06/2016 20:09
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Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 8,852 Cambridge & Cotswolds
MeanRedSpider
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Je suis un Coupé
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Je suis un Coupé
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 8,852
Cambridge & Cotswolds
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Bizarrely, if I write UK on my iPad, if often changes it to UdotKdot which, for some reason, the forum software coverts to you.K.
Last edited by MeanRedSpider; 27/06/2016 20:10.
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Re: YOU K or UK
[Re: MeanRedSpider]
#1578599
27/06/2016 20:46
27/06/2016 20:46
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 21,616 Aldershot
PeteP
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Hon Club Member 005, Membership Secretary
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Posts: 21,616
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The forum has a swearbot.
One of its functions is to reduce text speak to make posts easier to follow for non-native English speakers.
A letter_U on its own is transformed to "you"
Hence UK, not you.K.
16VT and X1/9 1500
We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: YOU K or UK
[Re: MeanRedSpider]
#1578601
27/06/2016 20:53
27/06/2016 20:53
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 33,655 Berlin
barnacle
Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio
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Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio
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Posts: 33,655
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It's the punctuation: it works on words and naively, V.K. is two 'words'. (pretend the V has a pert rounded bottom ![shocked shocked](/forum/images/graemlins/default/shocked.gif) )
Last edited by barnacle; 27/06/2016 20:55.
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Re: YOU K or UK
[Re: MeanRedSpider]
#1578609
27/06/2016 21:45
27/06/2016 21:45
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 21,616 Aldershot
PeteP
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Hon Club Member 005, Membership Secretary
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I didn't think we got much text speak on here these days. Partly because the swearbot converts most of it to normal written English by the time it appears on the screen.
16VT and X1/9 1500
We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: YOU K or UK
[Re: barnacle]
#1578652
28/06/2016 09:00
28/06/2016 09:00
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,595 angus, scotland
jimbob13
I need some sleep
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I need some sleep
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,595
angus, scotland
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Could be worse. Could be pictograms. Heiroglyphs.
"How do I change the turbo?" "Squiggle, ear of corn, bird walking backwards, scythe, whip." Good grief! Remember to close the garage door before you use that method. The neighbours might never recover from the shock.
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