At 5:24 pm +0200 27/2/2003, Johan �brandt wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>... >>This "lingo" thing feeld like slang, something that restrict groups use to >>encode meaning in a way outsiders cannot percieve. Reading text stuffed >>with it is like talking to my teenager niece: sometimes I cannot understand >>a word... >>But I must learn to live with it, otherwise when my 7-month old daughter >>begins to talk I willl be excluded.... > > >So I guess "This 'lingo' thing" servers the same purpose as quoting >philosophers after your signature, i.e. to show that you belong to a group - >to which only persons of a certain standard - for example knowledge of >contemporary philosophy - or internet abreviations - can belong. It increases >your standing with persons who understand - and helps in keeping distance from >those who dont. > >Is this what you meant?
I don't think that it is what he meant (but there is nothing wrong with your argument). As I read it, the OP saw a 4 letter acronym and thought that it related to XSLT, XSL-FO, XHTML or some such, and felt hurt and a little sore when after some effort he found that PITA did not relate to the subject domain. I agree that a little help may be needed to get everyone up to speed with abbreviations and acronyms used on mailing lists (AFAICT, FWIW, IIRC et cetera), but I would argue that such abbreviations are for use rather than ornamentation, and strongly concur with posting sites where they can be interpreted. I would add, for the benefit of the OP, that they can be assigned the same meaning in different languages with no penalty, save that the the letters don't match exactly: <URL: http://www.intersolinc.com/newsletters/newsltr5.htm > SI -> Syst�me International -> International System of Units <URL: http://www.plexoft.com/SBF/S06.html > SIDA -> Syndrome immunod�ficitaire acquis -> Acquired Immuno-deficiency Syndrome <URL: http://www.teenaids.org/gnTeens/glossary.html > and so forth. Ben -- Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of ewitness Limited shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. eWitness Limited, Alpha House, Redvers Close, Lawnswood Business Park, Leeds, LS16 6QY Telephone: 0113 2951112 Fax: 0113 2951114 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
