I'm new....

[gatorboy]

AND a dork. So please tell me what n/t means. If there are any other abbreviations that are used mostly here, I'd love if someone could tell me their meanings...so I'm less dorky :)

[UrbScotty]

1. Check out the DU Glossary

http://dug.seattleactivist.org

[Book Lover]

2. Welcome to DU! (nm)

That abbreviation is a test ;-)

[gatorboy]

8. Oh man! There's tests??? :P

[Book Lover]

11. Relax; you'll pass

We grade on the curve :-)

[physioex]

3. Hello Gatorboy....

Welcome to DU :hi:

n/t no text
eom end of message
moran moron.....This is an inside joke :)

[2Design]

4. welcome to DU

[bigwillq]

5. N/T means no text as in no text

here, in the message. It's done so if someone writes something in the subject but nothing in the message part then people don't have to scroll down to see if there's anything more to your subject line.

A tip: Read the glossary from post #1.

BTW, Welcome to DU!!
and you're not a dork!

[bubblebuttbeauty]

6. From one newbie to another....

Welcome!

:hi:

[UrbScotty]

12. Welcome to both of you!

It's great to have you!

[Lavender Brown]

Hi glitterygoofball and gatorboy!

I like your screennames! I am both a goofball AND a dork, as it happens. :)

[wryter2000]

15. Welcome to you, too, goofball

:yourock:

[bigwillq]

16. Welcome to you too

Glitterygoofball_222!!!

[TlalocW]

7. Dogpile on the newbies!

The goldfish for them to swallow for their initiation are in my car. I'll go get them.

TlalocW

[ArkDem]

9. It stands for any seperate memory version of windows before

XP.

[gatorboy]

17. Another Arkie! Weeee! Hot Springs resident here! :)

[gatorboy]

10. Thanks guys!

This is my new cubby hole of the internet :D

And you will also notice, I'm "smilie challenged" I only know a few so give me time....

[Bossy Monkey]

19. Smilies we can help you with, or rather, admins already have

Next time you reply to a post, look up above the subject and message boxes. You'll see hypertext for a Smilies lookup table. Click on that. Click on any of the smilies in the box that pops up and they'll appear in your text just like this: O8) :evilgrin: :toast: :party: :hippie:
and welcome to DU!

[King Of Paperboys]

13. n/t = newbie test

You failed! No soup for you!

[wryter2000]

14. Welcome to DU

It means the same thing as eom. :evilgrin:

[matcom]

18. welcome gatorboy!

i am Matcom. pay no attention to me.

don't be frightened

:D :toast: :bounce: :hi: :beer:

[LDS Jock]

20. welcome newbie

Gatorboy.. are you a Univ of Florida fan? Welcome to DU!

[Mnemosyne]

21. I'm fairly new also, Welcome!

and thanks for asking the ?? I kept wondering about.

[bigwillq]

22. Well, a bit of a belated welcome to you too

vickiss!

[Mnemosyne]

24. Thank you bigwillq, I already feel home. n/t

[Padraig18]

23. Welcome to DU, gatorboy!

:hi:

[moof]

25. somewhat official lounge WELCOME To gatorboy

WELCOME TO DU gatorboy

We are glad to have you to post here at DU.

So stretch out & relax,



Take a load off,



and join in the fun,

there's always room for one more loon.



Link to DU glossary explaining among other things,

- * - bush* - moran - BBV - ABB- bfee - sorry Yaks not included

http://dug.seattleactivist.org/

Somewhat Official Lounge Welcome copyright moof enterprises