Those crazy Mormons - Page 7

Ghoulish Delight · 11-12-2008, 10:47 AM

I always preferred FUBAR

Kevy Baby · 11-12-2008, 10:49 AM

I'm partial to BLOMI

JWBear · 11-12-2008, 11:08 AM

I remember reading years ago about some government agency forming a service to be called Coastal Recovery and patrol... until someone realized what the acronym would be........

Ghoulish Delight · 11-12-2008, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

I remember reading years ago about some government agency forming a service to be called Coastal Recovery and patrol... until someone realized what the acronym would be........

Then there's the South Lake Union Trollery

tracilicious · 11-12-2008, 11:28 AM

There was a locked thread close to the beginning. I don't remember the details but I remember some overzealous moderator jumping the gun and the thread being reopened after some mild general outcry.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-12-2008, 11:40 AM

There are currently 27 locked threads. 18 of which were purely adminstrative threads that had served their purpose. 2 were locked for humor-related reasons. 1 was spam (not sure why we didn't just delete it). 1 is the original random political thoughts thread, ironically closed by iSm because he was annoyed that topics weren't getting their own threads.

That leaves 5 threads closed due to "personality conflicts" or similar unpleasantness.

Have fun searching, Kevy and Moonliner!

Alex · 11-12-2008, 11:47 AM

Here's the first one (administrative and temporally):
http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=2

Betty · 11-12-2008, 11:47 AM

I like STFU - it should be pronounced STUFF-YOU - which gets the point across nicely I think.

Alex · 11-12-2008, 12:08 PM

The acronym, initialism, abbreviation debate takes me back to a bad place. A place in time where a very large web site (no, not MousePlanet) made the decision to be completely screen reader compliant and therefore we had to appropriately tag every one on our site so a screen reader would know to say I R S and not urz. Or to say nafta instead of N A F T A.

Whole meetings spend on edge cases (yes, the myth of the hyper-efficient megacorporation is just that) where something started out as an initialism but was moving into acronym land (IRA). Or has it moved so far from its roots that the average person no longer even knows it was an acronym (such as laser) and is now just a word.

And much wailing and gnashing of teeth over TIAA-CREF, JPEG, SFMOMA, and (the first half of each are initialisms, the second acronyms).

Eventually we just took the easy way out and killed all the lawyers making us do the useless exercise (since most screen readers, even when being told to read SQL as an acronym still didn't know how to pronounce it).

Ghoulish Delight · 11-12-2008, 12:12 PM

How could I forget my favorite intialism: SYFFITF

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tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	There was a locked thread close to the beginning. I don't remember the details but I remember some overzealous moderator jumping the gun and the thread being reopened after some mild general outcry. __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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11-12-2008, 11:40 AM	#66
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	There are currently 27 locked threads. 18 of which were purely adminstrative threads that had served their purpose. 2 were locked for humor-related reasons. 1 was spam (not sure why we didn't just delete it). 1 is the original random political thoughts thread, ironically closed by iSm because he was annoyed that topics weren't getting their own threads. That leaves 5 threads closed due to "personality conflicts" or similar unpleasantness. Have fun searching, Kevy and Moonliner! __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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11-12-2008, 11:47 AM	#67
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Here's the first one (administrative and temporally): http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=2
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11-12-2008, 11:47 AM	#68
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	I like STFU - it should be pronounced STUFF-YOU - which gets the point across nicely I think. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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11-12-2008, 12:08 PM	#69
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The acronym, initialism, abbreviation debate takes me back to a bad place. A place in time where a very large web site (no, not MousePlanet) made the decision to be completely screen reader compliant and therefore we had to appropriately tag every one on our site so a screen reader would know to say I R S and not urz. Or to say nafta instead of N A F T A. Whole meetings spend on edge cases (yes, the myth of the hyper-efficient megacorporation is just that) where something started out as an initialism but was moving into acronym land (IRA). Or has it moved so far from its roots that the average person no longer even knows it was an acronym (such as laser) and is now just a word. And much wailing and gnashing of teeth over TIAA-CREF, JPEG, SFMOMA, and (the first half of each are initialisms, the second acronyms). Eventually we just took the easy way out and killed all the lawyers making us do the useless exercise (since most screen readers, even when being told to read SQL as an acronym still didn't know how to pronounce it).
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11-12-2008, 12:12 PM	#70
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	How could I forget my favorite intialism: SYFFITF __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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