On Sep 30, 2015, at 1:50 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 September 2015 18:08:04 Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> On 30/09/15 17:59, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>>> UUOR >>> >>> http://www.acronymfinder.com/~/search/af.aspx?Acronym=UUOR&string=exact >> >> 0 matches -- very helpful :) > > I was commenting, possibly too subtly, on this list's habit of using > incomprehensible acronyms. My basic assumption that we write in order to > communicate is frequently demonstrated to be erroneous. :-( I was taught (a while back, I'll admit) that the way to use an acronym is to spell it out with the acronym's letters in upper case, and with the acronym in parentheses right behind it, the first time it's used, then use whichever you like after that. There are those of us who don't know acronyms as well as others. -- Glenn English
