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Re: Acronym FAQ Updated
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lugnet.faq
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Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:30:25 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, Maggie Cambron writes:
> In lugnet.faq, Shiri Dori writes:
> > Hi guys and gals,
> >
> > Following an email update with some new acronyms (thanks Bruce!), I realized
> > the LEGO acronym FAQ needed a serious update. Some acronyms there are hardly
> > ever used (like PEWC or CMIIW), while other new, wide-spread ones were
> > missing (like Rebel Blockade Runner, or ISD).
> >
> > As a result, I made an aesthetic decision to take off the bold on all the
> > acronyms' names. From now on, common acronyms will be in bold, while
> > uncommon acronyms will be italicized. Uncommon acronyms are classified as
> > those appearing 30 or less times, or haven't been used for a long time. I
> > was tempted to take some of them off entirely - some had only one or two
> > posts with the real acronym, and then follow-up posts with questions
> > ("what's that acronym?")... oops... :-) But I decided for now, they all
> > stay. If no-one protests I'll take them off in a couple of months...
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> If you don't mind I'd like to speak up in favor of keeping some of the
> acronyms on your italicized list, in particular CMIIW, KABOB and KFOL.
> CMIIW isn't *that* uncommon, and if you count in the posts which use the
> more formal CMIIAW, which I personally tend to favor, your count will be
> up to thirty-- well, with this post it will. :-)
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> As for KABOB and KFOL, some of the more memorable discussions in the
> history of Lugnet have centered on these terms, so I think they should
> be kept for that reason if no other.
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> I do agree this is all very subjective-- this is just my $.02.
>
> And BTW, thanks for the update!
Ya! Thanks.
I agree with Mags, keep them all. Your marking of common and uncommon is
distinction enough. Even the unused ones are interesting curiosities.
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| (...) You might consider adding: RTFM - read the friendly manual (with other words often substituted for the F). wrt - with respect to HTH, (which I usually intend to mean "hope this helps" as opposed to "hope that helps") John Hansen (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) Oh, and if you decide to keep the more obscure ones, maybe you could add TYVM even though it's only been used a few times here. John N. really had me stumped on that one, although you can bet now I'll never forgot what it stands for! :-) TYVM, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) If you don't mind I'd like to speak up in favor of keeping some of the acronyms on your italicized list, in particular CMIIW, KABOB and KFOL. CMIIW isn't *that* uncommon, and if you count in the posts which use the more formal CMIIAW, which I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.faq)
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