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Subject: 
An acronym FAQ
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Date: 
Sat, 5 Feb 2000 18:41:22 GMT
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I was thinking of creating an Acronym FAQ. I've noticed that many people don't
know certain acronyms and can't figure them out from the context.

Do you think there is need for one? I know that earlier ones were made but
long ago, and new acronyms have formed since... There can be lego-related and
non-lego-related sections.

LMK (let me know ;-)

-Shiri
http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/



Message has 5 Replies:
  Re: An acronym FAQ
 
(...) Well, *I* certainly need one, so there's at least an audience of one. I remember some of them from the old RTL days: newcomers would certainly benefit. I'd suggest beraking it down into sections like "LEGO related" (AFOL, BURP, POOP, RTL) and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.faq)
  Re: An acronym FAQ
 
(...) newsgroups, i quickly figured out what pieces the terms refered to, but it took months to finally figure out what the acronyms stood for. Big Ugly Rock Piece!? how's anyone supposed to get that!? i personally don't find Ramp And Pit Plates all (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.faq)
  Re: An acronym FAQ
 
(...) of these... Dean (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.faq)
  Re: An acronym FAQ
 
(...) Oh, absolutely! :-, Here's a decent head-start, Derek Schin's rec.toys.lego acronym list: (URL) I mentioned, this list is for rec.toys.lego, and has quite a few acronyms not in common usage on LUGNET; I think it would be useful to break it up (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.faq)
  Re: An acronym FAQ
 
Arrr...rrrgh!!!...!!! Somehow, a very VERY long list of acronyms that I worked on for the past hour managed to delete itself!!! I am quite annoyed, and I'm not gonna start over again!!! This isn't the first time this kind of thing happens to me, and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.faq)

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