Acronyms
Sep 22, 2020 07:40:52 #
There was a discussion of acronyms in a post yesterday, and I saw this cartoon last night.
Sep 22, 2020 07:54:29 #
Sep 23, 2020 08:55:37 #
Sep 23, 2020 09:05:52 #
Longshadow wrote:
Some are 'k though.
Some are 'k though.
I'm glad to see you're paying attention.
Sep 23, 2020 09:08:07 #
Many years ago, before the "personal computer" became the platform for office usage, the firm my wife worked for had a dedicated word processing system installed. Brand name was NBI and she insisted that the acronym stood for Nothing But Initials :)
Sep 23, 2020 09:20:02 #
gleneric wrote:
Many years ago, before the "personal computer" became the platform for office usage, the firm my wife worked for had a dedicated word processing system installed. Brand name was NBI and she insisted that the acronym stood for Nothing But Initials :)
Sep 23, 2020 09:48:12 #
Sep 23, 2020 09:53:32 #
scatman
Loc: Waterbury, CT
gleneric wrote:
Many years ago, before the "personal computer" became the platform for office usage, the firm my wife worked for had a dedicated word processing system installed. Brand name was NBI and she insisted that the acronym stood for Nothing But Initials :)
Necton Bylinnium, Inc.
Sep 23, 2020 10:04:21 #
Sep 23, 2020 10:48:27 #
NBI actually stood for Nikton Bilineum Inc. I worked for Binx Selby a few decades ago and he let me in on his secret.
Sep 23, 2020 12:48:23 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm glad to see you're paying attention.
Glad to see you connected it! Sep 23, 2020 14:27:51 #
Sep 23, 2020 16:15:39 #
jerryc41 wrote:
There was a discussion of acronyms in a post yesterday, and I saw this cartoon last night.
How about an acronym for an acronym!
While in the Air Force, I worked 3 years at a Joint Service Navy lead (on a Navy installation) organization that had a long name... with a 15 letter acronym for that name. Then they had a 3 letter acronym, for the long acronym.
Only the Navy :). Any Navy guys care to comment?
Sep 23, 2020 16:50:01 #
LoisCroft
Loc: Jonesborough, Tennessee
I worked for a lady who LOVED acronyms. I got tired of it and sent her a fax. It read, "I'm sorry, I don't understand your ETAs, the ETLA's are even more difficult and the EETLA's are nearly impossible." Not soon, I got a call from her asking what is a "TLA" I told her a Three Letter Acronym. An ETLA is an Extended Tree Letter Acronym and an EETA was an Extended, Expanded Three Letter Acronym. Never got an response.
Sep 23, 2020 17:27:44 #
LoisCroft wrote:
I worked for a lady who LOVED acronyms. I got tired of it and sent her a fax. It read, "I'm sorry, I don't understand your ETAs, the ETLA's are even more difficult and the EETLA's are nearly impossible." Not soon, I got a call from her asking what is a "TLA" I told her a Three Letter Acronym. An ETLA is an Extended Tree Letter Acronym and an EETA was an Extended, Expanded Three Letter Acronym. Never got an response.
I like your response.
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Some people just don't like to type long words or sentences....
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Some people think it's cool...
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