[DrJ]

What does "wittering" mean anyway?

[startover22]

Talk a lot

[curlybenswife]

What does "wittering" mean anyway??

It means you go to dictionary.com and look it up lol honestly thought even you would know that ;)

Al there accents are real they are definitely english it was created here I'm glad to hear that they haven't dubbed them with fake american ones though charlie and lola are english lol

[startover22]

You go girl, tell him how it is... I think he wants to be invited to come in here and chat? Are you bored Dr.

[curlybenswife]

He can go chat in the loony bin unless he about ready to quit something :D

[startover22]

Ya you tell him again. You go girl... I am a nutty girl today, I don't know what is coming over me. I better get it all out now, or the 6 or 7 hour car ride will be he-- on my kiddos...

[curlybenswife]

I think I'm over hungry lol hense the evil mood

[startover22]

You got to eat something yummy then tuck yourself in with a good movie!

[alkalineangel]

Yes, their accents are too cute. Not dubbed over. My son says they talk funny, I told him it just sounds different because they are from another part of the world. Then we had to go into learning about the earth (again) he's obsessed with the globe.. lol

I'm hungry...

[curlybenswife]

Oh bless him lol I'm waiting for dinner to cook I'm ravenous

[alkalineangel]

I have just about eaten an entire box of goldfish crackers in the last hour... I mean the entire box... 10 oz. of cheddar cheese goodness... lol... just this last week, I have felt the need to eat everything. Luckily, according to my last dr. visit I'm on a good track so far, only gaining 4lbs... it may be a lot different by the time my appointment next Tuesday rolls around.LOL.

[DrJ]

I was bored... the truth is for the longest time I thought it said the "writers quitting corner" lol Anyway, I tried looking it up with google's "define:" command but it didn't come up with anything. So I figured it was some sort of English slang.

And I already confessed what I was quitting in my first and only other post here. Lol Im a recovering quitter.. I quit quitting.

[startover22]

Yes you were bored and you are a quitter then... Good for you. Now what the heck do you got to offer us quitters? I am weak when it comes to Marlboro reds and I am always willing to take a puff but my head says don't do it. Really really loud!

[alkalineangel]

Hehe... funny... I think wittering has something to do with "humerous gossiping"... but I'm not positive...

[curlybenswife]

Wittering means...

Originating in East Anglia, this short phrase means to talk at great length about nothing in particular, without any sort of requirement of possession of facts or knowledge on the subject, but, importantly, not simply spouting meaningless nonsense; therefore, to talk 'gibberish' is not the same as to 'witter' as the latter usually maintains a modicum of sense. In the same way, to "waffle" is not quite wittering, as waffling is merely only knowing one part of the song and merely repeating it, whereas wittering is knowing most of the song, often improvising on the bits you don't know so well, and sometimes improving the less exciting parts. Gossip is a perfect example of how wittering is used every day, in its purest form. Tabloid journalism is another.

And yes its in the dictionary :D

[Synnen]

Oh... so it's GABBING!

[DrJ]

Well, this is quite a topic.

I did drugs for about 11 years. I would consider myself an actual drug addict for 7 of those years. And Im not talking about just smokin weed. I did almost everything under the sun. But that was the experimental stage... not really the addiction stage. That didn't start until I found a drug and stuck to it until I was eventually injecting it into my blood on a daily basis.

I have been clean for 5 years this August.

I was in N.A. But N.A. isn't why I quit. I spent a total of 26 months in jail but jail isn't why I quit. In fact, I can't really pinpoint what it was. I just had to make a decision. And once I did, I had empowered myself to never touch it again.

I was put to many tests. Many times I could have picked up and used (even without anyone ever finding out). But I had already conquered it... I had already decided.

I later began counseling at a place called CoRR that I had also been in treatment in. However, I was asked to either change my style of counseling or to leave. See, I do not agree with the attitude of N.A. N.A. is a fear-based program. They teach you that if you run and hide from your addiction, you will be okay. I don't believe that. I believe that any one of us can conquer anything that is put before us. It is just a matter of deciding for yourself.

[DrJ]

wittering means.....

Originating in East Anglia, this short phrase means to talk at great length about nothing in particular, without any sort of requirement of possesion of facts or knowledge on the subject, but, importantly, not simply spouting meaningless nonsense; therefore, to talk 'gibberish' is not the same as to 'witter' as the latter usually maintains a modicum of sense. In the same way, to "waffle" is not quite wittering, as waffling is merely only knowing one part of the song and merely repeating it, whereas wittering is knowing most of the song, often improvising on the bits you don't know so well, and sometimes improving the less exciting parts. Gossip is a perfect example of how wittering is used every day, in its purest form. Tabloid journalism is another.

And yes its in the dictionary :D

Well, had I known all that, I wouldn't have posted what I just did! Lol :p

[startover22]

Dr. You are a hero in my eyes, and I think if you can remain a quitter for that long you can probably say you have definitely QUIT! I was a drug user in my teenage years, I loved it, quit then started again and my NOW husband saved my ARSE! Thank goodness for him cause we now have been married for 11 years and have four really handsome and great kids! Thanks for sharing.

[alkalineangel]

Nah, we get serious here too. We are just here to help if you feel down and out about the difficulties experienced when quitting an addiction. WE are all here because we have decided (or are in the midst of deciding) to quit whichever addiction plagues us. Just a support group.