A question, what does PBEM mean? Thanks!

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Anatolia
We use the term 'queer' in Newfoundland all the time to mean 'strange' or 'odd'. "Now that's a funny queer thing" is a common expression. Anyway, I'm a TEFL teacher and I've heard all kinds of queer and funny things from non-native speakers. Offence is never taken and the mistake is explained to the student. Here are a couple examples:

"what should I say after I sneeze? Blow me?"

I say that after I sneeze all the time. In fact, most times I don't even wait to sneeze before I say it.

"Are you hard?" (she meant, "Are you having a hard time?")
"Can I ride you?" (Can I give you a lift in my car?)
"Long time no come!" (It's been a long time since you've been here)

Oh I could have LOTS of fun with this girl...

[statusperfect]

gay means happy and happy means gay...

[Mad Bomber]

Originally posted by Tiberius
Btw, when you can't find an acronym (such as PBEM) try

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

PS Yes, I tested it with PBEM and gave me the correct answer

Great Site Tiberius, it took me about 20 different tries to stump the search engine and the best I could do was an incomplete find.