Robert Parker wrote:
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Michele Bert <[email protected]> wrote:
2015-05-05 15:04 GMT+02:00 Andrew McGlashan <
[email protected]>:
What is ITYM?????
Thanks a lot for asking.
I'm curious too, but I've given up long time ago to ask (or even search on
the web) for acronyms' meaning...
However, you know: a project will never succeed, unless it is associated
to a smart TLA, will it? :-D
Sorry no, success or failure is irrelevant. The TLA is the ONLY issue that
decides whether a project is funded or not. This is true for all
organisations that use the bureaucratic management model, whether public,
private or academic.
I hope amongst all this hilarity ,
it is clear that the linguistic function of acronyms is to provide a
systematic way of 'coining';
words which are simultaneously clear, distinct and precise. To this end a three
letter acronym
whilst clear and recognisable, may suffer from ambiguity
eg see http://www.acronymfinder.com/TLA.html
whilst a seven letter acronym whilst less ambiguous will suffer from ease of
recognition !
regards Rohan McLeod
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