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This is a good question -- as a relative newbie to the community, I've often regretted that this is the standard acronym. It's pronunciation is unclear; I've heard old AFOLs say anything from "A.F.O.L." (i.e. just spelling it) to "A-full" (long (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) I'm in agreement with you on this, I'm not so much a fan, as an enthusiast. And I describe myself to others as such. (...) Sure, if enough of the community recognized that one particular acronym was better. Shifting gears isn't easy but can be (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
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"Jason Spears" <spielboyAT@gmail.com> wrote in message news:IH3xAr.st8@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) enthusiast. And (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I posted a few weeks ago regarding my feelings of the term "AFOL": (URL) my post, I don't think (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) What aspect of the term do you feel is inaccurate? From your post, it would seem that you object to the word "fan", because it implies a stronger dedication than the word "hobbyist"? Of course, the resulting acronym with "Hobbyist" is .. uh... (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) I personally dislike refering to myself in accronym form. Accronyms are pretty much an indicator of complete geekishness, which, when cruising the beach for babes, I try to avoid. I usually say "LEGO Fan" and "LEGO Fan Community", and then (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's not just you, Mike -- I feel much the same way. (David replied) (...) I'm sure there are such cases, but from what I've seen, the majority of people in this community really are much more enthusiastic about LEGO bricks than clone bricks. (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I used to like it until someone pronounced my initials (DPE) as "Dippy". Actually (man, this is going off-topic FAST), when I was a wee one of about 7 years old or so, my name betrayed me. My mom was "Moo-Moo". You'd be "Loo-Loo Hoo-Hoo". Jake (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.people)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:IH42Lw.1wsw@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) would seem (...) dedication than (...) .. (...) [... snipped ... ] Yes, I believe you are correct, it is the term "fan" I have an issue (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Suz's drive-by butt-in.. I don't use AFOL in ref to myself because I don't like it either. Not that it's -horrible-, but I don't feel as though it covers me. "Fan" implies "fanatic", which I'm not. (Though I certainly was ten years ago..) Plus (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) This is probably my biggest issue with it as well. When I hear the word 'fan' I have a hard time disassociating it from 'fanatic'. Also, I work in an environment where I'm besieged with acronyms daily... sometimes two or three per sentence. I (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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Nice. I'm going to adopt this one myself : ) (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Let's replace "AFOL" with "ALE"
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(...) I dislike the term "AFOL" and would gladly support a shift to use "ALE" or another non-acronym based phrase. -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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