Silly question folks, but I'm going to show my computer illiteracy here. What does "DH" stand for? I'm pretty sure it has something to do with husband but not certain. I see abbreviations like this and I'm trying to follow a conversation but I hit a snag with these. I know LOL, BTW, and a few others but I'm just not up on the latest lingo.
53 Merc said
02:30 PM May 15, 2012
In some cases it seems to be dam--- husband. In others it may be dear husband. My appelation changes regularly.
RVRon said
02:30 PM May 15, 2012
DH = "Dear Husband". Pretty much only see it on RV-related forums. Conversely, DW = "Dear Wife".
In the Navy it was for Dependent Wife or Dependent Husband depending on who was the sailor and who was just the spouse.
TXRVr said
03:11 AM May 19, 2012
I am guilty of using some of this internet/texting slang so I'd suggest that your "computer illiteracy", as you called it, is not your fault but ours. I suspect that this is an international forum so perhaps we all should be aware that not everyone understands the often used abbreviations. Howard was kind enough to suggest a link, but respectfully there are way too many to memorize...about 150 of them. Perhaps I am just getting too lazy to type Dear Husband instead of DH. Heavan forbid that my next step might be Walmart English. I'll try to do better.
makntracks said
04:26 PM May 23, 2012
No, certainly nobody's fault. I am just one of those folks that get drug kicking and screaming into the future so I need the lessons. Thanks for the link, again something I didn't think of before asking a silly question. This computer stuff is perplexing and when I don't understand something that everyone else has known for the last ten years then I guess I'm showing my intelligence, or lack thereof, haha.
Terry and Jo said
05:19 PM May 23, 2012
TXRVr wrote:
I am guilty of using some of this internet/texting slang so I'd suggest that your "computer illiteracy", as you called it, is not your fault but ours. I suspect that this is an international forum so perhaps we all should be aware that not everyone understands the often used abbreviations. Howard was kind enough to suggest a link, but respectfully there are way too many to memorize...about 150 of them. Perhaps I am just getting too lazy to type Dear Husband instead of DH. Heavan forbid that my next step might be Walmart English. I'll try to do better.
In my case, I seldom ever use too much slang or abbreviations and I can say that until recently, I NEVER use text messaging.
That recent text message was from the owner of the mobile home park where we are parked and it referenced some work being done on the water lines. I'll swear that it took me about 3 minutes to figure out the message with the slang.
I answered back finally, having figured out how to get the keyboard on my phone, and told her that if she weren't a "babe" I might have just ignored the message. Too bad it was all about bad plumbing nad not a request for a date.
Terry
Scubabeck said
04:48 PM Jun 11, 2012
Just think of how much we have changed in our letter writting compared to the early 1900's. It was the only form of contact. Most people kept journals and letter writing was a formal event that everyone looked forward to. Now we shorten every word that we can. I think a lot of that has to do with texting and phones and it carried over to the computers. It certainly can boggle your mind when you think about it.
Racerguy said
06:54 PM Jun 11, 2012
Call me old fashioned but if I see something in print that uses text message slang I will not even attempt to read it.I even had to inform my little Sister of this as she used it all the time and is a grade school teacher.
FastEagle said
04:45 AM Jun 13, 2012
Neil and Connie wrote:
In the Navy it was for Dependent Wife or Dependent Husband depending on who was the sailor and who was just the spouse.
Silly question folks, but I'm going to show my computer illiteracy here. What does "DH" stand for? I'm pretty sure it has something to do with husband but not certain. I see abbreviations like this and I'm trying to follow a conversation but I hit a snag with these. I know LOL, BTW, and a few others but I'm just not up on the latest lingo.
DH = "Dear Husband". Pretty much only see it on RV-related forums. Conversely, DW = "Dear Wife".
Check out this list of Terms Often Used In RV Forums in the Forum Tips subforum.
Hope that helps.
In the Navy it was for Dependent Wife or Dependent Husband depending on who was the sailor and who was just the spouse.
I am guilty of using some of this internet/texting slang so I'd suggest that your "computer illiteracy", as you called it, is not your fault but ours. I suspect that this is an international forum so perhaps we all should be aware that not everyone understands the often used abbreviations. Howard was kind enough to suggest a link, but respectfully there are way too many to memorize...about 150 of them. Perhaps I am just getting too lazy to type Dear Husband instead of DH. Heavan forbid that my next step might be Walmart English. I'll try to do better.
In my case, I seldom ever use too much slang or abbreviations and I can say that until recently, I NEVER use text messaging.
That recent text message was from the owner of the mobile home park where we are parked and it referenced some work being done on the water lines. I'll swear that it took me about 3 minutes to figure out the message with the slang.
I answered back finally, having figured out how to get the keyboard on my phone, and told her that if she weren't a "babe" I might have just ignored the message. Too bad it was all about bad plumbing nad not a request for a date.
Terry
Bold words - "Just the spouse".
FastEagle