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[fredericus ruhe <fredruhe@xs4all.nl>]

At 22:36 17-01-2002, you wrote:
>
>     Sometimes learning acronyms and abbreviations can be a pain, but once 
>they are learned, they sure do save a lot of time, typing strokes, and/or 
>tongue-mouth motions.  I noticed even Mark used DML rather than Dinosaur 
>Member List (I think that's what it stands for).  And David has posted that 
>list of common "Internet" acronyms (BTW, IIRC, TGIF, etc.), which could be 
>found in the archives.  HP happens to be one of the acronyms used on DML.
>     In fact, if you were to say that a dinosaur program was going to be 
>aired tonight by the National Broadcasting Company, some people might not 
>know you were talking about NBC.   Even in a world that seems to be drowning 
>in such things, I can still truthfully say TG4A (Thank Goodness For 
>Acronyms), especially those longer ones like LASAR, UNESCO, and ROTFLMAO.    
>:-)
>         ------  Cheers,  Ken

Well?

I don't like this point of view, I don't like acronyms in my own language, I
don't like them in a foreign language. Nobody will understand them.
Remember, your are speaking on an international list, not everybody was born
to speak or write english or its acronyms. It might even be a reason why
some people do not reply to a thread.

Cheers,

Fred Ruhe