Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 10:19:24 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it> Cc: freebsd-questions mailing list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Abbreviations Message-ID: <20000924101924.G65590@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20000923203434.A1313@goku.kasby>; from fcasadei@inwind.it on Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 08:34:34PM %2B0200 References: <20000923203434.A1313@goku.kasby>
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On Saturday, 23 September 2000 at 20:34:34 +0200, Francesco Casadei wrote: > 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 As somebody else observed, Humble. > * BTW: By The Way > * FWIW: For What Is Worth For What It's Worth. > * WTF: What The F*** (I hope I'm completely wrong here!) Nope, that's it. > 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). Hmm. I think a link to something like acronymfinder would be more appropriate. My message relates specifically to the FreeBSD lists, while the acronyms are used everywhere. I'll think about it. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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