[MK Chris]

We have geekiness here. We don't have sycophantic arse licking. I'm not a fan of acronyms (although they're not as bad as bad spelling, bad grammar or using text speak), but I don't make the rules and I think as long as they aren't stupid acronyms that border on text speak they're generally OK.

[S4B]

CMS? They have to be acronyms I'd understand or I'd start kicking off.

[TIAL]

They have to be acronyms I'd understand or I'd start kicking off.

But by then it'd be too late.

[S4B]

hmm good point Tial. Any idea what CMS is? I guess it could be Chris Moyles Show now I come to think about it.

[TIAL]

Yup, almost certainly Chris Moyles Show.

[MK Chris]

hmm good point Tial. Any idea what CMS is? I guess it could be Chris Moyles Show now I come to think about it.

Seriously?!

[S4B]

Oh shush Topher! I don't want to use my brain tonight, I've been using it too much at work. Obviously you don't use your brain in your job as much as I do in mine.

[Latina]

That's the problem with acronyms. They usually only seem obvious after you realise what they are.

[Yudster]

Hello, you seem very nice. We have had some good newbies recently.

[Munki Bhoy]

Content Management System. That is what CMS means to me most of the time. And that is why I hate acronyms - they're useless without context, and even then sometimes they're still useless.

[Yudster]

Countryside Management Service for me.

[Latina]

Church Mission Society (UK)?

[Bruvva]

CMS means Computers and Mathematical Sciences to me which was the school I was in at uni...

[Bonanzoid]

Mmm, Latina...

Bienvenido!

[Latina]

Gracias! Mi madre es de Uruguay, pero soy Inglesa y ahora vivo en Escocia.

That's about all I'm able to say in Spanish, so don't worry, there won't be more.

[Yudster]

See I don't speak any Spanish beyond "Hola!" - but I reckon that says "Thanks, my mum is from Uruguay, my dad is from England but I live in Scotland".

How'd I do?

[Latina]

"Thanks, my mum is from Uruguay, but I'm English and I now live in Scotland."

So you were right except for the middle part, but technically what you said is actually more true. I'm half Uruguayan, half English, born in England, mainly raised in Scotland. Don't ask me about identity.

[MK Chris]

I reckon you're spot on - particularly with the hint earlier (working at St Andrews.)

[Yudster]

I reckon you're spot on - particularly with the hint earlier (working at St Andrews.)

I only saw that afterwards though.

[Latina]

Hehe. Well done.

[Bonanzoid]

That sounds like a fun origin, I'm boring and just Scottish apart from some Irish and Spanish back down the line somewhere.

I study Spanish though so I can speak a bit. Not as much as I'd like seeing as I currently live in Spain.

[Latina]

You ought to speak it better than me then. The reason I can't is that my mother (newly immigrated at the time) was wrongly advised not to bring me up bilingual as it would confuse me because my Dad couldn't speak it, and I was already refusing to talk to anyone at the age of 4. I'd hopefully pick it up fast if I were immersed in it, but I'd rather that be in South America than Spain as I prefer that to most Castillian dialects/accents.

Plus I have a zillion relatives there. My English family is tiny in comparison, but that's Latin Americans for you. And Catholicism I guess.

[Bonanzoid]

Si puedo hablar un poco de Espanol, pero no es facil con los acentos de Andalucia!

I did consider going to Latin America for my year abroad but I didn't think I was good enough. Plus my French is so much better than my Spanish which kinda sucks. Then again I've been studying that for 10 years and Spanish for 2 and a bit. When I first got out here to Andalucia, the accents are unbelievably difficult. Imagine a foreigner who speaks no English coming to live in Glasgow. Ouch.

[Munki Bhoy]

No English in Glasgow? They'll fit right in!

[Latina]

Si puedo hablar un poco de Espanol, pero no es facil con los acentos de Andalucia!

I did consider going to Latin America for my year abroad but I didn't think I was good enough. Plus my French is so much better than my Spanish which kinda sucks. Then again I've been studying that for 10 years and Spanish for 2 and a bit. When I first got out here to Andalucia, the accents are unbelievably difficult. Imagine a foreigner who speaks no English coming to live in Glasgow. Ouch.

Ouch indeed. Although a Uruguayan friend of mine (who's here to teach in the Spanish department for 2 years) had her parents come to visit recently, and their first ever trip to the UK included a VERY difficult night in Liverpool...

I know exactly what you mean about the Andalucian accents (and I understood your Spanish, yay!). They are the worst, and probably gave me an unrealistically bad impression of Spain the one time I went there. Had an amazing trip to the Alhambra though.

Some people might find the Uruguayan accent a bit weird, but I like it. And I like the fact that, unlike most Spaniards, they don't lisp.