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Old July 13, 2000, 10:08   #1
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I am new to the site and I am having trouble w/ some of the acronyms used. Ex. What is WLTxD?

Can we put together a list?

Thanx.
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Old July 13, 2000, 10:46   #2
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Try http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum1/HTML/000967.html and there are several other threads lying around too. Don't worry - we all find the TLAs a bit much when we start here...

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Old July 14, 2000, 07:21   #3
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Old July 14, 2000, 07:21   #4
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WLTxD means "We Love The ... Day"

Beg p'don, TLA????? Tyrolean Liberation Army? The Latest Acronyms? Too Late Anyway?
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Old July 15, 2000, 02:05   #5
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hmmm.... I hadn't heard of TLA's either
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Old July 15, 2000, 02:33   #6
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quote:

Originally posted by Hueij on 07-14-2000 07:21 AM
WLTxD means "We Love The ... Day"



For the levelest playing field, as it is not spelled out here or in the Abbreviations thread cited, one should add (from my rules.txt):

where x =

K for King in Monarchy
C for Consul in Republic
C for Comrade in Communism
HP for High Priest in Fundamentalism
P for President in Democracy

or improbably,

E for Emperor in Despotism

BTW does everyone equate acronym with abbreviation? My dictionary does not distinguish between them - synonyms they seem to be.
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Sorry - bit of a Computer Geek joke - Digital is reputed to have had a Document entitled "TLA" which was issued to all new employees to help them through the morasse of Three Letter Acronyms for which that company was famous ...
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Old July 15, 2000, 09:14   #8
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Originally posted by tonic on 07-15-2000 02:33 AM
BTW does everyone equate acronym with abbreviation? My dictionary does not distinguish between them - synonyms they seem to be.


An acronym is a term construed by the first letter(s) of several words like the ones listed here and in the other thread, linked by Scouse Git. They are most often capitalized to show that they are acronyms - and not short for something like an abbreviation.

An abbreviation is short for one or several words, for example abbr., dict. etc. (!) but could also be used to denote an acronym.

I think.
 
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Legman, in other words abbreviation is the broader of the terms, although acronyms like laser and radar which have been absorbed in everyday usage would perhaps not be considered abbreviations.
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Yes, abbreviation is the broader term, and I think you're right about the words laser and radar too. They seem to have been accepted as common words now, and I'm sure there are other examples as well.

How about a jeep? I heard it was derived from the letters GP, General Purpose (vehicle), so technically it would be an acronym, but we don't think of it that way.
 
Old July 18, 2000, 00:51   #11
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Originally posted by tonic on 07-15-2000 02:33 AM
where x =

K for King in Monarchy
C for Consul in Republic
C for Comrade in Communism
HP for High Priest in Fundamentalism
P for President in Democracy

or improbably,

E for Emperor in Despotism



And:
W for Whosit (any of the above), so a synonym for WLTxD is WLTWD (We Love the Whosit Day)
 
 

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