Yeahp I saw him on AIM the other day...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chad &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeahp I saw him on AIM the other day...</TD></TR></TABLE>

I bet he's on all the time... using other people's screennames....

 

What is AIM?

Thawley -- obviously out of touch with were the cool guys go

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thawley &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What is AIM?

Thawley -- obviously out of touch with were the cool guys go</TD></TR></TABLE>

Are you serious Thawley?
I didn't think you were that old buddy!

http://www.aim.com

 

Get all your &lt;strike&gt;acronyms&lt;/strike&gt; abbreviations here:

http://www.aim.com/acronyms.adp

HTH


Modified by sidtc at 7:15 PM 12/12/2006

 

I don't go for any of that IM ****... I can barely tolerate the ones I get from the forums. Don't see the need to encourage that kind of thing.

I use email. Seems immediate enough for my typing and spelling skills.

 

<FONT SIZE="big">LOL</FONT>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thawley &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I don't go for any of that IM ****... I can barely tolerate the ones I get from the forums. Don't see the need to encourage that kind of thing.

I use email. Seems immediate enough for my typing and spelling skills.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree with Thawley. I use E-mail instead of AIM, ICQ, etc.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sidtc &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get all your acronyms here:

http://www.aim.com/acronyms.adp

HTH</TD></TR></TABLE>

Those are actually abbreviations, not acronyms. In order for an abbreviation to be an acronym, it needs to be pronounceable.

Keith, who likes to bring up his pet peeves...

Edit - improved spelling of "peeves"


Modified by kedwards at 9:51 PM 12/12/2006

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kedwards &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Keith, who likes to bring up his pet peaves...</TD></TR></TABLE>

I completely agree, Keith.

Jason-
who thinks that forums are a big part of why nobody can write or speak correctly anymore.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kedwards &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Keith, who likes to bring up his pet peaves...</TD></TR></TABLE>

for someone with so many pet peeves, you could spell it right too.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

for someone with so many pet peeves, you could spell it right too. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Who let the gramr poliz out?

 

id IM thawley and ask, but he banned me.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kedwards &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Those are actually abbreviations, not acronyms. In order for an abbreviation to be an acronym, it needs to be pronounceable.

...</TD></TR></TABLE>
hmmm,my "learn something new every day" goal has been satisfied for today.

i always thought an abbreviation is the shortening of one word.for example, "tomm" for tomorrow,or.......now i can't think of any commonly used examples...you get the point though,i hope.
i thought an acronym is shortening a phrase by using the first letter of each word.NASA,NASCAR,LOL all being examples.if it has to be pronounceable,are ROTFL or SCCA not an acronym?
am i wrong?

what if an acronym contains an acronym,such as AIM?!!whoa,my mind is blown.......
chris *who should've paid more attention in school*

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TeamNextGenChris &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
hmmm,my "learn something new every day" goal has been satisfied for today.

i always thought an abbreviation is the shortening of one word.for example, "tomm" for tomorrow,or.......now i can't think of any commonly used examples...you get the point though,i hope.
i thought an acronym is shortening a phrase by using the first letter of each word.NASA,NASCAR,LOL all being examples.if it has to be pronounceable,are ROTFL or SCCA not an acronym?
am i wrong?

what if an acronym contains an acronym,such as AIM?!!whoa,my mind is blown.......
chris *who should've paid more attention in school*</TD></TR></TABLE>

There are multiple ways of abbreviating, not just shortening a word. An acronym is just one type of abbreviation.

LOL wouldn't be an acronym, unless you pronounce it like "loll". Spelling it out when you say it doesn't count. Same for ROTFL, SCCA, and AOL.

AIM could be an acronym, but I don't hear it being said the same as the word "aim".

Keith, who thinks "chad" would be an abbreviation...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kedwards &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There are multiple ways of abbreviating, not just shortening a word. An acronym is just one type of abbreviation.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Google reports that this is a VERY common misunderstanding.
Some sources report your definition of acronym, some report the more widely-used (IMO) definition that doesn't carry the requirement of being pronouncable.

Most report IEEE, IBM as acronyms. Some definitions clearly state that PTA (parent-teacher association) is NOT an acronym, but possibly an initialism and surely an abbreviation.

IBM, XHTML are acronyms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym (Sadly, an interesting read.. that "fish" representation of christ is actually from an acronym!)

PTA is not an acronym: http://www.state.tn.us/educati...y.htm


Fortunately, it seems that everyone has a definition that they can use for their own purpose.

 

He's also in this gallery: http://www.jhpusa.com/ogjdm.htm

 

goddammit, im confused.

everyone i know pronounces aim as "aim" (like aim your rifle) not "A" "I" "M"

is saying the letters phoneticly what makes them an acronym? like PETA or MADD, or are you saying that NOT sounding them out to form a new word is what makes them an acronym such as FBI of CIA?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr.E.G. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">everyone i know pronounces aim as "aim" (like aim your rifle) not "A" "I" "M" </TD></TR></TABLE>

That's funny, because everyone I know sounds them out A-I-M. On the other hand, I pronounce ROFL as "roffle".

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr.E.G. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is saying the letters phoneticly what makes them an acronym? like PETA or MADD, </TD></TR></TABLE>

Or RADAR, right.

 

This "Internet" thing is gonna be huge! Listen to what Senator Ted Stevens said this year:

Senator Ted Stevens:

"I just the other day got... an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday, I got it yesterday. Why? [...] They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material"


Ah, Friday.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JamesS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material"
</TD></TR></TABLE>

Maybe Al Gore can or did explain it to him!

 

WTF I don't understand WTH is going on BTW this is a prime example of SNAFU

 

FUBAR

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jack Black &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's funny, because everyone I know sounds them out A-I-M. On the other hand, I pronounce ROFL as "roffle".


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hmmm, well i think my friends are more hardcore computer nerds so "AIM" beats "A" "I" "M"

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Blair &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Maybe Al Gore can or did explain it to him!</TD></TR></TABLE>

he can tell you about manbearpig too

 

you know I hated it when people would say WTC instead of World Trade Center. It's faster to type WTC, but to say double-you-tee-cee is lame.

AIM is pronounced "aim"
LOL is pronounced "loll"
SQL is pronounced "sequel" or "es-que-ell" depending on who you ask
STFU is pronounced "S-T-F-U" as in "Did you go to STFU?" (polite/covert way of telling someone to shut the f*ck up)

I see Frank everywhere. Why are people so concerned about it?