And then there is this one: SNAFU Situation Normal, All 'Fouled' Up
Regards, George Stults -----Original Message----- From: paul_j_sm...@notes.teradyne.com [mailto:paul_j_sm...@notes.teradyne.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 1:31 PM To: Massey, Doug C. Cc: 'IEEE Forum' Subject: RE: Typing Shortcuts FUBAR Failed UniBus Address Register [DEC Engineering] F%^&ed Up Beyond All Recognition [US military, WWII] FUBARD (past tense of) FUBAR "Massey, Doug C." <masse...@ems-t.com>@majordomo.ieee.org on 06/13/2001 02:14:47 PM Please respond to "Massey, Doug C." <masse...@ems-t.com> Sent by: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org To: "'IEEE Forum'" <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> cc: Subject: RE: Typing Shortcuts Here's some - N/A - Not Applicable PCB - Printed Circuit Board PCA - Printed Circuit Assembly ASAP - As Soon As Possible et al - "and others" e.g. - "for example" FUBAR - F*@#ed Up Beyond All Repair LMAO - Laughed My A$$ Off e.g, " My PM told my FM, et al, that we need the CPU PCA working ASAP, but it failed EMI & EMC pre-testing badly, so I told them it was FUBAR and LMAO." By The Way, I know what BTW stands for.... Doug -----Original Message----- From: rehel...@mmm.com [mailto:rehel...@mmm.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 12:19 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Typing Shortcuts Over time I have come across many typing shortcuts using the English language, such as: OTOH - on the other hand WRT - with regard to BTW - (I am still trying to figure out this one) Can someone please list the more common ones? I sometimes strain my brain trying to figure them out and they are in my own language. It must be terribly confusing to most of our world-wide colleagues. Thanks, Bob Heller 3M Product Safety, 76-1-01 St. Paul, MN 55107-1208 Tel: 651- 778-6336 Fax: 651-778-6252 ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall," ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall," ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall," ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"