>>>>Like I said, "lilian" is "fish", as in Lilian Gish, the silent era actress, and "jockeys" is "Jockey's whips", so "fish and chips".
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>>>So, "Jay" is "engine" as in "Jay Johengen", and "hairy" is "hairy pits" so "Engine Fairy?" I'm an engine fairy?!
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>>No, no, no. That's some weird logic for a programmer :-) Your name, if Johengen is pronounced "Yohenjen", could be RS for an engine. e.g. "There's something wrong with my car - the jay's just died".
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>>Now figure: "I'm going down to the Stacey for a swim."
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>Stacey = Stacey Keach = beach

Right

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>I just don't know _why_ people want to do this in conversation.

After a while it becomes inground and it's just like an argo. Same reason why anyone talks in a slang. It's not as if the talk is unintelligible. This last passage I can't see where any RS could be used. Many people would baulk at computer professionals talking in TLAs all the time.

I can't see why anyone would write "why" with underscores each side. :-)

Ever see "The Italian Job" (the original with Michael Caine and real Minis)? Well the ending song "The self-preservation society" is rife with RS.

Terry