On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:15:10PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 05:55:37PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
> > will trillich wrote:
> > >
> > > BYCMUYJTCP
> > > (but you can alaways make up your own, just to confuse people.)
> >
> > And you can alaways make up words too :0)
>
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 05:55:37PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
> will trillich wrote:
> >
> > BYCMUYJTCP
> > (but you can alaways make up your own, just to confuse people.)
>
> And you can alaways make up words too :0)
and on a bad day, even leave a or two out. :( [ shoulda been bycAmuyOjtcp ]
> "Jaye" == Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jaye> fwiw, I found a killer apt called 'wtf'. I'll let you do the
Jaye> math on what that means, but it is a great way to know what
Jaye> 'imnsho' means.
If you hadn't mentioned it, Jaye, I would have.
But I still have
will trillich wrote:
>
> BYCMUYJTCP
> (but you can alaways make up your own, just to confuse people.)
>
And you can alaways make up words too :0)
On Thursday 31 May 2001 16:06, will trillich wrote:
> 73? click, ruffle, ruffle, click... aha.
> acronymfinder.com sez it's from amateur/ham radio!
Yup, goes way back, to morse code days. Shorthad for "Best wishes."
73 is _ _ . . . . . . _ _ in morse code. The symmetrical pattern of
dot
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 05:09:46PM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote:
> Hi list
>
> As a non-native english speaker, I sometimes find it difficult to figure
> out, what some abbreviations mean. It took me rather long to find out,
> that "hth" means "Hope This Helps", and so on.
> Could some of you expla
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 10:03:21AM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
>
> Hey Joerg,
>
> fwiw, I found a killer apt called 'wtf'. I'll let you do the math on what
> that means, but it is a great way to know what 'imnsho' means. Also,
> apt-cache search showed me that jargon is still availabl
There are many collections of definitions.
I asked Google, and here's one it gave me back:
http://www.harley.com/abbreviations/
There are undoubtedly many more.
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Hey Joerg,
fwiw, I found a killer apt called 'wtf'. I'll let you do the math on what
that means, but it is a great way to know what 'imnsho' means. Also,
apt-cache search showed me that jargon is still available and will do the
same job. It's small and useful. Just used it today when I see
Joerg Johannes wrote:
> Hi list
>
> As a non-native english speaker, I sometimes find it difficult to figure
> out, what some abbreviations mean. It took me rather long to find out,
> that "hth" means "Hope This Helps", and so on.
> Could some of you explain to me (and, I'm sure, to some others as
"Petr [Dingo] Dvorak" wrote:
> On Thu, 31 May 2001, Joerg Johannes wrote:
>
> JJ> ? IIRC
> JJ> ? AFAIK
> JJ> ? IMHO
>
> IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
> AFAIK - As Far As I Know
> IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
>
> you can use www.acronymfinder.com to find out the rest .. :)
Alternatively, install
At 991346986s since epoch (05/31/01 11:09:46 -0400 UTC), Joerg Johannes wrote:
> Could some of you explain to me (and, I'm sure, to some others as well)
> what the FUA (Frequently Used Abbrevs) mean?
>
> ? IIRC If I Remember Correctly
> ? AFAIK As Far As I Know
> ? IMHO In My Honest Opinion (or:
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 05:09:46PM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote:
> As a non-native english speaker, I sometimes find it difficult to figure
> out, what some abbreviations mean. It took me rather long to find out,
> that "hth" means "Hope This Helps", and so on.
> Could some of you explain to me (and
On Thu, 31 May 2001, Joerg Johannes wrote:
JJ> Hi list
JJ>
JJ> As a non-native english speaker, I sometimes find it difficult to figure
JJ> out, what some abbreviations mean. It took me rather long to find out,
JJ> that "hth" means "Hope This Helps", and so on.
JJ> Could some of you explain to me
IIRC: If I Remember/Recall Correctly
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
There is a good list at:
http://www.cyberomics.com/mailtalk.html
ap
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apt-get install jargon
> -Original Message-
> From: Julio Merino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 7:18 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: OT: abbreviations
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> because I'm not english I don't understand all the abbreviations you
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