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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Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
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 well)
what the FUA (Frequently Us
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