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From: Miss Elaine Eos <Misc@your-pants.PlayNaked.com>
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Subject: Re: SMS/Internet language question (for translation)
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In article <45e02497$0$22621$426a74cc@news.free.fr>, BFR <bfr@bfr.com>
wrote:
> > hello!
> >
> > I'm a audiovisual translator working on the French version of a American
> > TV series, and I have the following dialog:
> >
> > two characters (a man and a woman, video gamers) are chatting...
> >
> > He says:
> > W R U D ? (that I understand: "what are you doing?")
> >
> > She says:
> > Mainly SOMAANDA ! (???)
> >
> > He says:
> > Ha ha, IFYGIFY ! (???)
> >
> > any thoughts/ideas will be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > thanks! have a nice weekend!
>
> additional clue: it may well have something to do with the game "World
> of Warcraft" since the female character has been playing it right before
> this little dialog...
Since it's TV, the acronyms may be non-standard and/or faked. That is,
they may not mean anything, or might be an "inside joke" for the
writers/actors (for example, something silly or tawdry.) Given the mix
of english & acronyms ("mainly..." and "ha ha..." instead of "LOL" or
":)"), I suspect this to be the case.
A possible interpretation:
Sitting On My Ass And Not Doing Anything
(although, if this were a "real" chat-cronym, it'd drop the "and" and be
"SOMANDA")
I Found You, Girl, I Found You (or "I'll Fight..." in WoW, or any number
of other things that start with "F")
Basically, it's a take-off on the old Budweiser commercial theme:
Yo, whatcha doin'?
Nuthin'. Watchin' the game, havin' a Bud...
True...
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