Ah, Latin ... yes, I remember it ... a language which should again
be taught to students;
then maybe these slang terms, these acronyms, these non-words,
... ... ... would cease to exist, huh? ;-)
BTW - is there a word for a string of non-pronounceable letters
which ...
ah, maybe it's the same word used for those 2 lines
between the nose & upper lip, huh? ;-)
From: Doug <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax
To: [email protected]
On 7/15/2013 12:25 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, anne-ology wrote:
>
> And just what is HSLQLDB ;-)
>>
> This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary
definition in URL below.)
>> oh, memorizing acronyms seems to me a mighty complicated way to
>> organize one's thoughts ...
>> wouldn't it be simpler - easier - to just state the
>> object(s) rather than leaving the listener trying to interpret what's
>> being
>> meant by what's being said ;-)
>>
>> see -
>> http://www.merriam-webster.**com/dictionary/acronym<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym>
>>
>> AND - did you happen to notice in that URL, this phenomenon only
>> started in 1943 ;-)
>>
>
> do you know SPQR? or INRI? or Q.E.D.?
>
None of these are acronyms either.
Senatus PupulusQue Romanus: did you know that the Roman street catchbasins
and manhole covers are marked SPQR? Yes, today.
Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
--doug
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