Hey hey, this is a family show here, Scott. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR
On 10/13/2007 6:26 PM Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > The gumermint already is Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Evan Mac Donald > Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:18 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Tired of DIY or is it just Miy?(unfunny rant) > > Da gubermint cannot be made to go away... > > ...but we can make it FUBAR....! > > Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > Ah ha ! So *that's* how you get rid of government, you ban acronyms ! I > can't wait ! > YMMV, Scott > www.turbovans.com > < if you know SNAFU perhaps you know FUBB also > > and Scuba stands for .............? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Bill Glenn > Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:31 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Tired of DIY or is it just Miy?(unfunny rant) > > Friday NVC. > > Others have already pointed out that the source of the annoying e-mails was > not the Vanagon List, and it seems you have an idea as to what happened; > end of story there. > > However, in reference to the use of the terms DIY, and EFI, it was > said, "Abbreviations have a worse effect than tires!", seemingly implying > that such abbreviations are as annoying as another tire thread. Curious. > Abbreviations, or more specifically in this instance, initialisms, are > quite useful, a form of shorthand, if you will, that facilitates > communication, verbal or written. > > In any given week on this list, we are likely to encounter all or some of > the following abbreviations: VW, OEM, ECU, ICV, ICU, MAFS, LED, EFI, OXS, > TPS, RPM, and NVC, to name a few. Surely we don't want to write out the > full group of words to which these abbreviations refer. Similarly, in the > context of a forum such as this, abbreviations such as AFAIK, IMHO, YMMV, > are real time savers, and if not over-used, do not in any way degrade the > content of the messages. > > Abbreviations are also ubiquitous in the larger world beyond this list; > when was the last time you heard anyone say National Aeronautics and Space > Administration, rather than its acronym, NASA? Sometimes, an acronym so > thoroughly embeds itself in the lexicon, that the underlying group of words > it represents is lost; how many amoung us remember, or ever knew, the group > of words represented by RADAR, or LASER? These words are now rarely > written as acronyms, i.e. in capital letters, but rather, simply radar and > laser. Or consider the acronym, SNAFU, from WWII. This is sometimes heard > in polite company, the user seemingly unaware of its crude origins. > > Should abbreviations be eliminated, government in general, and the military > in particular, would likely cease to function; in the absence of acronyms, > how would they ever name a department or program or weapons system? > > So, keep those abbreviations coming; they exist for a reason, sometimes add > interest to the lexicon, and in the case of some acronyms can be rather > humorous. If I encounter an abbreviation I don't know, I shall look it up, > as I would any other word about whose meaning I am unclear. > > Sent a few hours into Saturday, in response to a Friday topic. > |
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