From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 23 16: 1:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (mail-1.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F38A37B422 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 16:01:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zoso (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA20211 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 16:01:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Otter" To: "freebsd-questions mailing list" Subject: RE: Abbreviations Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 19:06:54 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20000923203434.A1313@goku.kasby> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG }I'm sorry if this question is not directly FreeBSD-related, but I }think it could help not-English (or not-American) people, like me, to }better understand messages posted to this list. } }What do abbreviations like IMHO, BTW, FWIW, etc... mean? } }My guesses are: } * IM(H)O: In My (Humile) Opinion actually, it's "humble" or "honest" -Otter } * BTW: By The Way } * FWIW: For What Is Worth } * WTF: What The F*** (I hope I'm completely wrong here!) } }Please correct and/or fill this list, so I can understand what I'm }reading! } }If you think that this list could be useful, it could be posted }regularly like Greg Lehey's email or even appended to it, tough it's }my understanding that he advises against using an unclear language }(correct me if I'm wrong, Greg). } } Francesco Casadei, from Italy } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message