Forum/Cycling Acronyms and Abbreviations

[mickle]

[Bonj opens mouth, lets stomach rumble] Isn't that to mark the TOP of the mountain, and it's the contours that mark the mountain itself? i.e. "Mt. Snowdon" - that would therefore stand for "Mount", not mountain. Which is placed with a little triangle at the highest point i.e. the summit with a number in feet as to how high it is, along with the "Mt. Snowdon" text, etc.? [Close mouth]

[Bonj burps] Although I realise I must be talking to an expert here, what with the amount of mountains you've got in York... [little bit of sick in mouth]


Yeeeeeeessssss. And all that would change the ABBREVIATION in what way.

 

[bonj2]

It doesn't. Mt is an abbreviation of Mount, it's never used as an abbreviation for "mountain". You don't ride a Mount Bike. The fact that Mount is a shortened form of the word Mountain doesn't mean the abbreviation for Mount 'might aswell' also be an abbreviation for Mountain aswell. The fact is, they've used the letters "Mt" because they are the first few letters of the word - it's an abbreviation for Mount - it is used on maps when naming a mountain. Not just to indicate that there's a mountain there.
MTB stands for Multi Terrain Bike - what's confusing you is just that the letters sound a bit like the start of the syllables of the popular synonym "Mountain Bike" - but that doesn't mean the TLA is a shortened form of that synonym.

 

[mickle]

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[spandex]

sorry bonj but im with mickle on this one he is right.

AND what has TLA (Temporal Logic of Actions) got to with this?

MT = mount = mountain so MT = mountain simple.

 

[mickle]

I'll give you that quid tomorrow Spondex.

 

[spandex]

mickle your not suppose to say that out loud!

 

[cake]

MTB stands for Multi Terrain Bike...

Can't we just think of MTB as standing for 'Mountain(ous) Terrain Bike' and all be friends...

That's what I have always thought it was, given its origins as 'ATB', with the acronym then changed to accomodate the acceptance into modern parlance of 'Mountain Bike'.

just my TPW (two pence worth),


Cake

 

[Elmer Fudd]

just my TPW (two pence worth),


Cake

Tuppence is one word, so shouldn't that be TW ??

JMTK (Just My Thin King !)

 

[cake]

Tuppence is one word...

I'm afraid I'm not old enough to use quaint terms like 'tuppence'


Maybe I should have said 'TNPW' (Two New Pence Worth)...


Cake

 

[dondare]

An acronym has to be a set of initials that make a word, not just a set of initials.
(So PART could stand for Pendantic Anally Retentive Twat.
For instance.)

 

[Shaun]

An acronym has to be a set of initials that make a word, not just a set of initials.
(So PART could stand for Pendantic Anally Retentive Twat.
For instance.)

I never realised it had to from a word, or be a pronounceable abbreviation:

Word or name that is formed by joining the first letters (or the first few letters) of a series of words. For example, DOS is the acronym for Disk Operating System. An acronym is pronounceable, whereas many other abbreviations are not.
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Am I the only one who's been making this mistake for years?

 

[darksmaster923]

QFT = Quoted for the Truth

 

[Zoom]

BTSIDIGTTS (been there seen it done it got the tee shirt)
TIA (thanks in advance)
IANAL (I am not a lawyer)

has anyone mentioned AASHTA?
(as always Sheldon has the answer;
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
tells you all you need to know about taking bikes to bit and putting them together and replies to technical queries on forums will often direct you there)

 

[simonali]

An acronym has to be a set of initials that make a word, not just a set of initials.

I wuz gonna say that. Therefore TLA stands for three letter abbreviation sometimes (most of the time?). Those computer geeks have a lot to answer for (I believe it wwere they who coined the phrase). RAM=3 letter acronym, CPU=3 letter abbr.

 

[fishheads]

how do i get my picture to show on the left? i have uploaded one but it doesnt show???? thx