I always see threads that are like “my D” or “my S blah blah blah” In context it seems they are implying my daughter/son. Why do you people use those single letters so much as opposed to writing the word out. It seems like a ton of people do it.
They think it makes them look like professional college counselors. 
They write long-winded paragraphs with great detail… and then ask you to believe that using a one-letter shortcut for a three-letter word is the professional way to save time.
But shhh… they get very uptight when you point this out to them. I know.
Excuse me now… I have to give my c his hairball remedy.
lol. i must admit that i was confused when i first came across DD. i know now though!
dh, dw, dd, and ds are just conventions used by most internet boards, usenet, IM. Usually ppl who are not familiar with that will write D or S. I think son is easy enough to write, lol
fwiw, here’s more iirc
<a href=“http://bovis.gyuvet.ch/3dict/312usene.htm[/url]”>http://bovis.gyuvet.ch/3dict/312usene.htm</a>
so basically its people trying to look more internet savy I s’pose.
not trying, just being…if you type alot (on go on many boards) it goes quicker when you shorten, imho
I even go on a cooking board where we invented DBMNMR! Translates to Don’t Blame Me, Not My Recipe–shorthand to say "I found this recipe to your specifications, but if the recipe doesn’t work for you, Don’t Blame Me, Not My Recipe
Yea I know, but I just don’t see typing “S” as saving any time compared to “son”. You hit one less key.
OK, I’ll concede you “son” instead of “S”, but what about “D” instead of daughter?
I have used DD, DS, and DH on other boards; it is not limited to this one. I think you may be fighting an uphill battle - this is very common usage.
It’sjust internet convention to use dd and ds. It is not convention to use D or S, and I’ve never seen it except here, so I take it that it’s from parents who are not used to posting on internet forums. I think they are just copying other ppl and not really trying to save typing “son”.
Yea, I’m not fighting it. I’m not against it. I was just trying to understand it haha. Originally I thought that this messageboard had a word filter that everytime someone typed “son” it’d automatically change to “S”. I know some boards do that type of thing with foul language. However, now I know that is not the case.
I drop the first “D” because the implied “dear” is too precious for me. Use D and S because you’re dropping pronouns, not just nouns. (S says, as opposed to “my son says”.
Also, to keep people like MT equipped with ammo.