Commentüs on: New words: from OTT to WAG http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/ The way I was, the way I am Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Claude http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19233 Claude Thu, 08 May 2008 06:56:59 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19233 @ Ronni, in France there are very few places where you could wear a hat like that and not look OTT --practising on my newly acquired vocabulary ;) and 400$ sounds outrageously expensive for a hat! @ Claudia, don't you worry about acronyms and other lingo, you must have been an Internet geek in another life, I just cannot believe how fast you caught on! ;) (couldn't resist a wink, here!) @ Ronni, in France there are very few places where you could wear a hat like that and not look OTT –practising on my newly acquired vocabulary ;) and 400$ sounds outrageously expensive for a hat!
@ Claudia, don’t you worry about acronyms and other lingo, you must have been an Internet geek in another life, I just cannot believe how fast you caught on! ;) (couldn’t resist a wink, here!)

]]> By: Ronni Bennett http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19200 Ronni Bennett Sun, 04 May 2008 08:42:17 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19200 Claude... It's always fun when you go off on words that are new to you, but today, for me, it's that hat in the photo. Some years ago I tried on a similar hat and as I could never have guessed, I looked fabulous in it. And it was a load of fun walking around the shop wearing it, peering in mirrors while turning my head to and fro. Oh, how wanted that hat. I'd never owned anything that made me feel so elegant. The price tag, however, was US$400, but the bigger problem was where would I wear it. In the U.S., land of blue jeans and Crocs, there just isn't an occasion for it. I'm still disappointed. Claude…

It’s always fun when you go off on words that are new to you, but today, for me, it’s that hat in the photo. Some years ago I tried on a similar hat and as I could never have guessed, I looked fabulous in it. And it was a load of fun walking around the shop wearing it, peering in mirrors while turning my head to and fro.

Oh, how wanted that hat. I’d never owned anything that made me feel so elegant. The price tag, however, was US$400, but the bigger problem was where would I wear it. In the U.S., land of blue jeans and Crocs, there just isn’t an occasion for it.

I’m still disappointed.

]]> By: Claudia http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19199 Claudia Sun, 04 May 2008 04:57:26 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19199 Susie Vereker - You're very reassuring. Thank you with all my French-Canadian heart. I don't know why I'm complaining. At least 6 to 8 people are always ready to clarify the puzzles I encounter in blogs. And I receive a lot more winks in the cyber-world than I ever did in my real life... Susie Vereker - You’re very reassuring. Thank you with all my French-Canadian heart. I don’t know why I’m complaining. At least 6 to 8 people are always ready to clarify the puzzles I encounter in blogs. And I receive a lot more winks in the cyber-world than I ever did in my real life…

]]> By: sablonneuse http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19197 sablonneuse Sat, 03 May 2008 15:54:50 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19197 Oops, Susie, I'm getting out of touch. OTT and FT were familiar enough but, like Claude, I was puzzled about WAGs until I read through the comments. Oops, Susie, I’m getting out of touch. OTT and FT were familiar enough but, like Claude, I was puzzled about WAGs until I read through the comments.

]]> By: Susie Vereker http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19196 Susie Vereker Sat, 03 May 2008 15:38:38 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19196 Claudia in Toronto. I should also explain that OTT, FT and WAG are every day acronyms in UK English, not Blogese or email-lingo. But I'll try to be more careful in future! Claudia in Toronto. I should also explain that OTT, FT and WAG are every day acronyms in UK English, not Blogese or email-lingo.
But I’ll try to be more careful in future!

]]> By: Susie Vereker http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19194 Susie Vereker Sat, 03 May 2008 10:09:54 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19194 Yes to all three of your guesses! (a)It's very unusual for chick-lit to be reviewed in the Financial Times/FT. (b)The British Press is obsessed with so-called celebrities like footballers' Wives and Girlfriends. Some of these WAGs have started 'writing' books which, of course, attract a great deal more publicity than those by many professional authors. (c) Yes, Over the Top. But I promise I have never ever worn a hat like the one in your wonderful illustration! Yes to all three of your guesses!

(a)It’s very unusual for chick-lit to be reviewed in the Financial Times/FT.

(b)The British Press is obsessed with so-called celebrities like footballers’ Wives and Girlfriends. Some of these WAGs have started ‘writing’ books which, of course, attract a great deal more publicity than those by many professional authors.

(c) Yes, Over the Top. But I promise I have never ever worn a hat like the one in your wonderful illustration!

]]> By: Autolycus http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19193 Autolycus Fri, 02 May 2008 21:49:42 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19193 Surely that's OTC, Terri. "Under the counter", though, that's a different thing (= "Système D", more or less, Claude: slightly more respectable than "fell off the back of a lorry"). Surely that’s OTC, Terri.

“Under the counter”, though, that’s a different thing (= “Système D”, more or less, Claude: slightly more respectable than “fell off the back of a lorry”).

]]> By: Terri http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19192 Terri Fri, 02 May 2008 20:44:04 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19192 I imagine there's many definitions for OTT.....but being a nurse, what it means to me is "over the counter" in referring to meds bought that way, as opposed to prescription meds. I imagine there’s many definitions for OTT…..but being a nurse, what it means to me is “over the counter” in referring to meds bought that way, as opposed to prescription meds.

]]> By: The Beaver http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19191 The Beaver Fri, 02 May 2008 17:15:09 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19191 Claude You are right : it is Wives and Girlfriends. You will see and hear about them in the coming weeks just before UEFA Champions League final on May 21st in Moscow and next month for the Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria. Just an idea on the last world cup:http://www.socceralley.com/celebs-wags.php Claude
You are right : it is Wives and Girlfriends. You will see and hear about them in the coming weeks just before UEFA Champions League final on May 21st in Moscow and next month for the Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria.

Just an idea on the last world cup:http://www.socceralley.com/celebs-wags.php

]]> By: Claudia in Toronto http://blogginginparis.com/2008/05/01/new-words-from-ott-to-wag/#comment-19190 Claudia in Toronto Fri, 02 May 2008 15:18:20 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/?p=1187#comment-19190 After resisting a long time, I finally got the Internet. I thought I would be completely at ease. After all I knew English and French. Then I discovered blogs. What fun it was! I could speak with people from all over the world. That's when I found out that bloggers have a very special way to express their emotions and to expediate their messages. Someone sent me to Acronyms and Emoticons. I refuse...I absolutely refuse... It's hard enough to navigate between the Bristish and the American, the Parisian, the Canadian French and the South of France. I tell all bloggers: "Abbreviate all you want, smile and cry with your funny faces. I remain impervious to what you try to tell me unless you say it as clearly as possible. TMLW: That's my last word." I don't need an emoticon to say: With a wink and laughter... After resisting a long time, I finally got the Internet. I thought I would be completely at ease. After all I knew English and French. Then I discovered blogs. What fun it was! I could speak with people from all over the world. That’s when I found out that bloggers have a very special way to express their emotions and to expediate their messages. Someone sent me to Acronyms and Emoticons. I refuse…I absolutely refuse… It’s hard enough to navigate between the Bristish and the American, the Parisian, the Canadian French and the South of France. I tell all bloggers: “Abbreviate all you want, smile and cry with your funny faces. I remain impervious to what you try to tell me unless you say it as clearly as possible. TMLW: That’s my last word.”

I don’t need an emoticon to say: With a wink and laughter…

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