#QI #shorts #History #omg

[youremakingprogress]

"Good guess, though ... *reasonable* guess." I love those subtle cuts.

[shadowmk]

Churchill writing back like "😱😱😱"

[potatopirate]

Lmao, I never imagined the first recipient of omg to be Churchill 🤣

[eotfofiw]

"Germany has invaded Poland"

"WTF m8"

[canny_linguist]

Now I'm imagining Churchill texting back a bunch of emojis

[gxzia]

Clearly they weren’t the first though because it was written with the assumption that Churchill would be familiar with it. Probably the first we know of because history has a way of preserving the lives of the upper class and forgetting the lives of the lower classes.

[hi_bored_im_dad]

Imagine Churchill being like
“Let’s see here, hmm… 🧐 ‘OMG’...?? Huh.…that’s odd. You there—send someone to check on the old boy, he’s not making a lick of sense”

[andrewpurvis]

I wonder how many abbreviations came from the telegraph

[squigpeels.]

Now Stephen has to find out who first used "OMFG" and "ROFL", and by extension "ROFLMAO".

[merman]

People talk about these abbreviations as if they only happened in the last few years with txtspk and emails/emoticons - but there is evidence going back to 18th and 19th Century letters that such shorthand was used

[joselkimdelacruz]

Is that the comedian host from V for Vendetta?

[catferreira]

Allan is chaos and I'm here for it 😂😂

[davidfuller]

Jackie Fisher using "omg" somehow seems entirely fitting.

[-_-]

I have to admit I miss Stevens disappointment.

[janemba]

If you think about it, it's just a natural evolution of the language. Makes perfect sense for the first recorded instance being military/naval in nature.

[ConnorBriody]

Jesus big Winnie was genuinely ahead of his time

[lonestar]

I knew this. And now I know what a sense of accomplishment feels like

[sasukesarutobi]

Given that Lord Fisher was talking about orders and awards, which typically have post-nominal letters (e.g. a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George is entitled to "CMG" after their name), I suspect it was a pun.

[notjustanother]

The fact it rhymns with the rest of the sentence is chefs kiss*

[GWOAT]

He meant it as 'Oh My Goodness'