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Old 09-January-2006, 10:50 PM
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I wonder whether anyone has a pointer to the meaning of the various acronyms used in forumspeak (IMHO, AFAIK, IIRC, WRT, etc.). Links to discussions of style and substance (or lack thereof) would also be hepful. Thanks.
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Old 09-January-2006, 11:14 PM
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Good starter, but still pretty incomplete. Thanks Blob. Anyone else?
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Old 09-January-2006, 11:18 PM
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WTF - Wear Tinfoil Head
IIRC - Infrared Is Rather Common
WRT - Weather Report Teardown
IMHO - In My Honoured Oracle
AFAIK - After Fighting, All is Karma
LOL: Leave Old Lovers

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RTFM...read the manual! Made me laugh but those
cute maran visual guides translated it as
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I normally see it expanded as Read The Nice Manual to make it clear that nice wasn't the original word.
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