[OT] New toy...

From: Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Mon Oct 29 00:36:11 2001

speaking of ...

> To those dismayed at the mangulations of language being
> used by some people in email these days, this just goes
> to show that there's nothing new under the sun. :-)

can anyone fill in the blanks here ...

IMHO - in my humble opinion
IMO - in my opinion
IIRC - if I recall correctly ?
OTOH - on the other hand
FYI - for your information
IOW -
FWIW - for what it's worth
AFAIK -
WRT - with respect/regards to
ISTR -
TMK -
ISTR -
SAS -
FAE -
FA -
DIY - Do it yourself
YMMV -
HMMV -
ECO - Engineering Change Order ?
AAMAF -
PITA -
IPA -
TIA - Thanks In Advance
NG -
NAOA - Not An Official Acronym
TTBOMK - to the best of my knowledge

I hate to admit it, but I haven't figured some of these out.
And just maybe someone else hasn't either? but wouldn't want
to be associated with asking any stupid questions?

Feel free to add any that you feel to be significant.





Greg Ewing wrote:
>
> John Lawson:
>
> > FB OM YR SIGS 599 RPT 599 QSL VIA BURO TNX ES 73 DE KB6SCO
>
> pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com (Pete Turnbull):
>
> > It's (mostly standard) radio ham CW (continuous wave) abbreviations, used
> > to save keying too much morse.
>
> To those dismayed at the mangulations of language being
> used by some people in email these days, this just goes
> to show that there's nothing new under the sun. :-)
>
> Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+
> University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a |
> Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. |
> greg_at_cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+
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