Speaking of Acronyms....  I was talking to someone in the grocers about
the computers we use, and when I said something funny,  she says
literally, *lol lol lol *  and i was like..  huh?  I decided she needed
to get off the computer and get back into life  hehehe

trish

On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 10:50:34 +1100 Ben Balzer <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> I'd like to protest the overuse of acronyms on this list.
>
> It is good practice to not use acronyms without writing the full
> phrase at
> least once in each document.
>
> Acronyms confuse newbies particularly and make them feel confused or
> unwelcome.
>
> Using SAD (Standard American Diet) is very USA-centric, and SWD
> standard
> western diet is more fair. Now, if your country's name is a TLA
> (three
> letter acronym) as the USA is perhaps you're a little too used too
> it.
>
> When I first joined this list there were lots of threads mentioning
> ER4YT
> which totally confused me and I was too newby to ask. Of course I
> now know
> that it was referring to D'Adamo's Eat Right For Your Type which
> probably
> recommends paleo for blood group O people and other diets for other
> people.
> I'll need to go back and reread some of those threads I think. My
> next post
> is on ER4YT- I think there's a SNAFU in it.(I hope you know what
> snafu
> means).(situation normal all f*@# up).
>
> Ben Balzer