# Oh emm gee it's ell en oh again **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234 "2021-12-17T19:21:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/1 "2021-12-17T19:21:52Z")
hi. it’s me. you might remember me from posting here a couple thousand times twenty years ago. hope you’re all doing well, except for those of you who know what I’m talking about when I say to get bent, in the most polite and respectful manner possible. so, like, get slightly angled. fight the power. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/2 "2021-12-17T20:06:28Z")
Howdy! Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/3 "2021-12-17T20:09:24Z")
Oh hey I remember you, you’re the guy whose name I always misread as ino. It’s nice to misread you again! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/4 "2021-12-17T20:11:05Z")
> [@lno](#): > > hope you’re all doing well, except for those of you who know what I’m talking about when I say to get bent, in the most polite and respectful manner possible. so, like, get slightly angled. > > fight the power. What acute post! ---
**Author:** ![Ranch\_Dip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranch_dip/32/5238_2.png) [@Ranch\_Dip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranch_Dip)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/5 "2021-12-17T20:18:08Z")
Finally paroled? lol Welcome back ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/6 "2021-12-17T20:32:33Z")
Welcome back, lno! I always assumed it was pronounced 'Ell, no ! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/7 "2021-12-17T22:39:00Z")
Your first initial is an “L”? I thought you were “ino” all this time! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/8 "2021-12-18T00:47:09Z")
Me too. Welcome back! How ya been? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/9 "2021-12-18T05:27:44Z")
Another person who thought that was a capital i rather than a lower-case l. > [@Ranch\_Dip](#): > > Finally paroled? lol There would have been a good line about “ino is outo” but now it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-emm-gee-its-ell-en-oh-again/956234/10 "2021-12-19T19:17:48Z")
Hi, nice to meet you.