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welsh dragon

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Moon bunny said:
Acronyms have their purpose, if you do not know their meaning you are not in "the clique" and so your opinion is worthless. On of the worst offenders in my experience is even known by a three letter acronym (TLA).
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Oh. What a shame. I'm not one of the in crowd. I'm heartbroken :laugh:
 
welsh dragon

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Moon bunny said:
Acronyms have their purpose, if you do not know their meaning you are not in "the clique" and so your opinion is worthless. On of the worst offenders in my experience is even known by a three letter acronym (TLA).
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Errrr. What does TLA mean?
 
vernon

vernon

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gavroche said:
I think what was a serious observation has turned into a p*** taking competition.
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Not really. Abbreviations have been used by the younger generation for decades. The ones quoted have a long history.

Furthermore a lot of abbreviations used in text speak evolved from the need to conserve characters when txt messages were relatively expensive on PAYG and users tried to limit themselves to the 160 characters per message. Mutations and adaptations by the youngsters have driven a wedge between the generations unless the oldies are down there with the kids. I don't fret about some of the incomprehensible guff unless it is incorporated into a pupil's coursework or exam question answers where it's penalised for spelling punctuation and grammar.

The use of abbreviations in messaging predated mobile phones. Telegrams were charged by the character.

Allegedly the shortest correspondence was between Oscar Wilde in Paris asking his publisher in London about the success of his latest book:

Oscar Wilde: ?
Publisher: !
 
vernon

vernon

Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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twentysix by twentyfive said:
I Googled that and got a Googlewhack https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=B...chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#nfpr=1&q=BURMA4SIAM :laugh:
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And who was the author of that single point of reference? :whistle:
 
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ufkacbln

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Years ago we were at a NAval Air Station, and one of my jobs was the medical cover or the Air Day

We needed a "recall system" that would be recognisable by Service personnel, the Emergency Services and Volunteer services. This way we could put a plan into place to repsond without alerting or panicking the public

We settled on "Downbird"

With 4 categories covering an aircraft down without injury to aircraft down with major civilian casualties we were settled, and everyone briefed.

Then the week before we were given the final copy of the brochure / programme

On page 3 was a whole section on "announcements and codes" which detailed the Downbird codes in detail!

Far too late to change everything and brief all the stakeholders and too expensive (and late) to reprint the brochures, so we had to go with it
 
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ufkacbln

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T'other service one was when we were working with the Army at HMP Rollestone during the prison strike.

The Army CO was designated "Sunray" to the Navy's amusement

When the announcement was made on the radio system that he was doing rounds, we used to sing:

"Sunray's got his hat on Hip, hip hip hooray
Sunray's got his hat on and is coming out to play"

They knew it was either Navy or RAF, but never ever worked out who it was!
 
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