This Initials thing is getting stupid

[caryc]

Saw a commercial for Hidden Valley Ranch dressing last night. They are now referring to themselves as "HVR".

Well, I have to do some grocery shopping so I'll hop into my DGC and head off to the SBM. Maybe I'll buy some HVR while I'm there. :roll: :roll: :roll:

 

[hittman]

.... so says CLC .... LOL! :lol:

 

[Gator89]

.... so says CLC .... LOL! :lol:

:mrgreen: LOL

 

[Dan in MI]

Try working in large company that uses acronyms for everything. I can remember many meeting where an acronym was being thrown around but different departments used the same acronym for a different things.

Imagine a meeting where the transmission group is talking about the ACC (Automatic Coast Clutch) with the engine and climate teams where ACC is the A/C cycling Clutch. There were some strange looks until 2 and 3 got added together.

 

[Bob Wright]

I was always taught that common courtesy and good writing technique dictated spelling out the name/term completely for the first use, then putting the acronym in parenthesis before using it repeatedly in a paragraph.

I was taught a lot of things about common courtesy.

Bob Wright

 

[caryc]

.... so says CLC .... LOL! :lol:

Well....CRAP !!!!

You got me there didn't you? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[Fox Mike]

Nothing new if you spent any time in the military. . .regardless of branch. They have 'initials' for everything. Lookie here, these are Army: https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/articles/army-acronyms.html

 

[Achigan]

I was hating “PMS” in the Navy long before I got married. (Periodic Maintenance Service).

 

[SAJohn]

How about all of the diseases that the pill pushers now use initials for?

 

[JFB]

work used initials for the name of pieces of equipment, then "phonics" for the initial sequence designations

for example, there are 3 Reactor Feed Pump Turbines, so working on the center one would be "RFPT Bravo"

 

[caryc]

How about all of the diseases that the pill pushers now use initials for?

Have you noticed all the new drugs they are advertising on TV? I wonder how they dream up those ridiculous names? I've got some that are up for the taking.

Glaxinute
Glixorda
Latporta
Blixatuda

 

[hittman]

I wonder how they dream up those ridiculous names?

Glaxinute
Glixorda
Latporta
Blixatuda

I think some of those are in my granddaughters 2nd grade class!

:roll:

Those four and "Eunique".

 

[exavid]

One of the initials I disliked the most in the Army was KP.

 

[mohavesam]

Captain Grammar reminds us an abbreviation of letters is NOT an acronym, unless it can be spoken as a word. :shock:
So NASA and RADAR are acronyms, but FTW or WTH are not. (No vowel-consonant structure).

I've had to correct countless companies' "acronym index" lists, retitling then as an "abbreviation index" so they don't seem illiterate in the eyes of a customer. Public school syndrome!!!

Our language separates us from the savages.

 

[bogus bill]

I flew as a hobby. I hated abbreviations. Flying, LE etc. radio work is all abbreviations. My impression was people that spoke a lot of it was to dazzle you with how "expert" they are. I refused to use a lot of it and probably considered a old nurd by the newbys. Since I retired and quit flying I cant remember much of it. The ultimate technique was to use a boring tone like they just woke up and especially if it was a real emergency. Ya gotta be coool.

 

[gunman42782]

.... so says CLC .... LOL! :lol:

Well....CRAP !!!!

You got me there didn't you? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

LOL!! :lol: :lol: :lol: I do believe he did!

 

[toysoldier]

I was always taught that common courtesy and good writing technique dictated spelling out the name/term completely for the first use, then putting the acronym in parenthesis before using it repeatedly in a paragraph.

I was taught a lot of things about common courtesy.

Bob Wright

Spot on! I edited the college newspaper my sophomore year, and our faculty advisor was an English teacher who was very particular.

 

[vito]

Some of these abbreviations are tough to figure out. When I first saw a t-shirt with "wmyttigaf" I had no idea what it meant. Took me a few inquiries to my grown kids to finally get an answer. Sometimes the acronyms get cleaned up for more acceptable use. "FUBAR" arose in WWII, but when I first heard it in 1966 when I was a second lieutenant (2LT) and old Army nurse Major told me it meant "Fouled up beyond all recognition". It wasn't long afterward that I realized it wasn't the word "fouled" that the "F" stood for.

 

[Fox Mike]

Do any of the Cavalry troops understand IYACYAS ?

 

[WAYNO]

If you ain't CAV, you ain't s**t.



My address at one time while in the Army was,

Co. G,
2SEB,
USAOC&S
APG, Md.

 

[Fox Mike]

If you ain't CAV, you ain't s**t.

Garry Owen!

 

[Bob Wright]

As to acronyms and abbreviations, consider this:

"I'm sending my GF for proper fitting."



("GF" also means "grip frame.")



Bob Wright

 

[Bob Wright]

If you ain't CAV, you ain't s**t.



My address at one time while in the Army was,

Co. G,
2SEB,
USAOC&S
APG, Md.

I'll take issue with that!

The 1st. Cav. was to our right (east) of us in Korea. The description of the !st Cav. patch: "The horse is the horse they never rode, the line is the line they never crossed.......... and the yellow speaks for itself."

And: "Mac Arthur said 'Push on!' and they thought he said 'Pusan!'

My address at the time:

Sgt. Robert Wright
Co. C, 3rd. Inf.
APO 7,
San Francisco, Calif.

 

[Pat-inCO]

As if acronyms are not confusing enough . . .

 

[Bull Barrel]

DILLIGAF?

Somebody had to do it....

 

[Fox Mike]

If you ain't CAV, you ain't s**t.



My address at one time while in the Army was,

Co. G,
2SEB,
USAOC&S
APG, Md.

Did you shoot any 'behind the fence'? I live about 10 minutes from APG. Worked at Weide AAF.

 

[vito]

DILLIGAF?


No idea what this is.

 

[WAYNO]

DILLIGAF?


No idea what this is.

Do I Look Like I Give A Fluff?

How 'bout
IDGARA.

 

[Bull Barrel]

I don't give a rat's arse, either.

 

[Gator89]

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