I'm sure you've all heard of the writer who vowed to write acronym free documents (AFDs).
-- Russ Abbott _____________________________________________ Professor, Computer Science California State University, Los Angeles o Check out my blog at http://russabbott.blogspot.com/ On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Matthew Francisco < matthew.franci...@gmail.com> wrote: > i'm going to enter the danger zone for a second... > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Nicholas Thompson > <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > DANGER: RANT > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > Nobody should EVER apologize for not understanding an acronym. The > purpose > > of acronyms is -- present company exempted! -- to solidify an ingroup by > > being unintelligible to outsiders. Once, just to tease, I named a > program, > > " MOTH" (=Myway Or The Highway) in a paper I submitted. The editor of > the > > journal did not say, "WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT STUPID > > ACRONYM? And, once the article was accepted for publication, I did not > > have the chutzpah to admit that the name had been a joke. My shame. > > > > ESCHEW ACRONYMS AND BUZZWORDS. > > What about mispronouncing an acronym (I'm thinking of the times i get > outed for mispronouncing "SQL")? And what about words, for that > matter? > > And are there any cases where one may want to add a little bit of > extra shaming/ingrouping? I guess, when should apologies be in order? > > > > > GESUNDHEIT! > > > > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-------------------------------------------------------- > > END RANT. END DANGER. > > > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, > > Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu) > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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