Abbreviations...check this out

coureur
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:08:16 +0000

Also I’m annoyed by “D” and “S” and “DS” and “DD” because they’re only used on CC, never ever seen them anywhere else.<<




Some CC history:

Similar abbreviations have probably been used elsewhere, but the use of D and S was coined and established right here on CC about four or so years ago by a poster called TheDad (he’s still around). He was a very prolific poster back then, and so the custom soon caught on. And he really only used D, since he has no sons.

He used it not so much as an abbreviation for “my daughter” but as a stand-in for her name, which is not quite the same thing. And which if you read it in context, is how many other parents use it too. Which is why you see parents writing “D said this” or “S did that.” If you see them write “My D…” or “My S…” then they are using it as a true abbreviation.

And BTW, I have seen and heard kids refer to their parents as “the P’s”