Jimmy Young Radio 2 + B4 Texting

[in a mo]

Was Jimmy Young the first to use Text speak BBFN was one of his any more ?

[mike11111]

There was also BURMA: Be upstairs ready my angel.

[puternut]

Thanks for the boltop & norwich guys

I was told BURMA Was be UNDRESSED and Ready my angel !!!

[Buenchico]

Radio amateurs have been using similar abbreviations for many decades. For instance, a girlfriend is a YL (= young lady). A wife is, somewhat unkindly, an XYL.

[jno]

others from the war - CHIP (come home, I'm pregnant), FISH & CHIPS (fighting in someone's house & causing havoc in people's streets... sounds a bit made-up, that one), EGYPT (eager to grab your pretty, er, toes).