Let's all learn what an acronym is

[Lysander]

GOLF
Gentleman Only Ladies Forbidden

Also an internet myth.

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.asp

 

[Greebo]

FUBAR = Functional Utility Bar (STanley Tools) according to the Acronym Finder site.

I like That Is To Say

 

[fini]

D V D

No, dovvvvvvvvvde

 

[platypus]

How about people who say PIN number?

Grrrr .

 

[Amleto]

No, dovvvvvvvvvde

is that like doovla? DVLA

 

[eXor]

No, dovvvvvvvvvde

I hope you are being facetious!

 

[semi-pro waster]

GOLF
Gentleman Only Ladies Forbidden

That's another one that isn't actually an acronym, bit like POSH (Port Out, Starboard Home) - golf is most likely to have evolved from the Dutch word "kolf" meaning club. Someone has invented a meaning to try and explain the etymology of the word but it's completely fabricated.

Recently I've been dealing with people writing "ISA Account Number XXXX" - ok it might look better but it is completely tautologuous if you know what the acronym ISA actually stands for.

 

[gillywibble]

PIAPT?

 

[orderoftheflame]

bit like POSH (Port Out, Starboard Home)

Another myth. Invented by Alexander Flemming for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

 

[Gilly]

Another myth. Invented by Alexander Flemming for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

That's what he was saying.

 

[Mr Jack]

Isn't that wrong as well though? RAID already includes "Array" so you should never say "RAID arrays"

Nope, that's correct English grammer. Read some style guides.

AC current, RAID array, PIN number are all correct.

 

[Gog]

BOBFOC is my favourite abbreviation at the moment.

 

[DampCat]

I hope you are being facetious!

It's a joke, extracted from popular comedy show Fonejacker, in which a man of questionable nationality communicates via telephone to an unsuspecting member of staff in a technology retail outlet that he would like a "turv" (TV) specifically a "lookerduh turv" (LCD TV), preferably that is "Ready for the huhd" (HD) and that would play "Doovd" (DVD).

Congratulations on taking it way too seriously.

 

[Jimmeh]

Isn't that wrong as well though? RAID already includes "Array" so you should never say "RAID arrays"

That's one of my pet hates. People who don;t know what the acronym stands for and then adds the same word afterwards eg "ram memory"

BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) is my pet hate for this.

'Can you please reboot the BES Server?'

'You're a plank, aren’t you?'

 

[Vixen]

Nope, that's correct English grammer. Read some style guides.

AC current, RAID array, PIN number are all correct.

Yes, Personal Identification Number number makes perfect sense... It's only "correct" because lots of idiots don't actually know what N in PIN stands for.

 

[SlyReaper]

Nope, that's correct English grammer. Read some style guides.

AC current, RAID array, PIN number are all correct.

That makes my blood boil.

 

[fini]

It's a joke...Congratulations on taking it way too seriously.

Clearly he didn't actually watch the youtube clip I embedded... no surprise there I guess. Anyway, off to hoomv for me, need to buy the new Akon Cood.

 

[Greebo]

Nope, that's correct English grammer. Read some style guides.

AC current, RAID array, PIN number are all correct.

First three pages of grammar guidance using goggle all state it is redundant and hence incorrect to use number after PIN.

Point me to the guides you are using please?

 

[Burnsy2023]

FUCT - Failed Under Continuous Test

I like that.

So do you see now Burnsey lol?

TBH, I'm probably more confused now then I was before I looked at this thread

 

[Admiral Huddy]

.. snip..

The TFTI image was funny at first, I think it's a bit worn out now tbh.