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just wondering how you guys abbreviate television, like not 'TV', but uhm. one that sounds like [tell-ee], yeah so vote away. I had a argument with my mates about it the other day so. mm. just. seeing... heh. also, on a side note, how are you?

VOTE!

I live in the US, so it's either TV or television. No in-betweens. Edit: On second thought, looking at the choices, they're all silly except the first one.

Hahah, man, I can't see myself sincerely saying the word "telly" in speech. As LV said, gotta be television or TV, and nothing in between. Most commonly TV.

Anyway, as demonstrated above, I'd go with telly if I had to abbreviate it like that.

I only say "telly" when I'm doing my hi-larious British accent.

Tellie? Dude, that's stupid as telli.

Anyway, I say TV all the time.

Tunco123 wrote:Tellie? Dude, that's stupid as telli.

Anyway, I say TV all the time.

No!

I usually say TV myself, sometimes Television, but never Tele.

Just TV. Nothing else. Not even television.

If you're including ridiculous crap like "tellie," why not also include "boobtube," "the tev-box," and "the tay-tay?"

Wait, you people don't call it the tellie? Weeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrddddddddddooooooooos.

"Telly" is the only way to write that particular abbreviation, although I don't use it.

yea i don't use any of those, i just say t.v., tube, or television

It's the boob tube.

Tele would be my choice, not for it's illogicality but how it would be easily recognised when it's written. You would immediately know that it refers to television. But yeah, TV is how it's always been.

telly and tellie makes me think telephone

TV or television. Or, in my French class, la télé.

What about "the box"?

PsychoSnail brings up a good point. It's interesting how different languages handle the abbreviation.

In Italian, it's la TV (pronounced alot like TiVo, incidentally)
In Japanese, it's テレビ (terebi)

And in German it's der Fern, the full word being der Fernseher. Always love to be different, Germans.

Actually, Fernseher has very much the same literal meaning as television (distant sight), it's just in German instead of Latin.

what? telly? never have I heard someone not on TV say this word. I'd go with boob-tube or the idiot box

There's a severe lack of the Britishfolk reppin' the telly in here.

Ad. wrote:There's a severe lack of the Britishfolk reppin' the telly in here.

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Telly is represent.

or now it's hulu

they'll suck your brains out =P

I personally called it the TV, but when I flew to LF's house all I heard was Telly. Of course.. I WAS in England.

I use either "TV" or "Television" apart from when I'm talking French, then I'll use "tele".