Twitter Slang, pah!

Hello,

Tip of the day: Inspired by a simply stunning sunrise this morning, my thoughts were these. Yes, there’s more than enough to do – removing dying hedge plants, tidying up perennials etc. – but sometimes you must just stop, look, smell and listen, whether you’re surveying your allotment or your 10,000 acre estate and award winning garden, like me.

Brando - Trifle Guzzler!

Now. Much jollity! I became a member of Twitter yesterday and already have a host of new garden-loving chums. It’s quite dear really. My plan is to garner enough electric friends and then throw an enormous party at Chatterley. It will be an hoot!

One has to come to terms with Twitter slang, or ‘twang’ if you will. We had a jargonese of our very own at Chatterley, instigated by Lord Cavendish when guests came to dine…

FHB – Family Hold Back. Used when cook had prepared enough guinea fowl, or own one occasion when Marlon Brando charged through a trifle designed for twenty, on his very own.

MIK – More in Kitchen. On the Brando occasion, Lord C whispered FHB, but cook whispered back MIK. She had prepared a back-up trifle. Phewf!

NQOCD – Not quite our class dear. Used regularly for most guests including that grocer’s daughter, Thatcher.

NWA - HKLP!

HKLP – Holds Knife Like Pen. Referring to table manners, a sure sign of NQOCD. You’d be surprised how many people suffer from this social virus… Princess Anne, King Juan Carlos, John Maynard Keynes and the rap outfit NWA. (In fact the NWA boys were charming – they came for Snowdrop season in February 1988 – and the late Eazy E showed me a nifty way of deadheading roses with a butterfly knife!)

Work can wait until the tomorrow. Today, I say, enjoy.

Ever,

Jen

Read Full Post »