Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/23

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Subject: [Leica] Thanksgiving 2006
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Thu Nov 23 17:21:05 2006
References: <20061123193021.310090@gmx.net> <200611231942.kANJgE2X002266@server1.waverley.reid.org> <cb81b0b00611231215y6701263cl71cd5e42ded5fd5b@mail.gmail.com> <200611232106.kANL6Bnm015717@server1.waverley.reid.org> <cb0ae1f844470.4565c1df@shaw.ca>

Greg,
Search the archives maybe five years ago.  Very roughly translated, even a
dead man will be kicked.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 11/23/06, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Marc James Small writes in part:
>
> > At 03:15 PM 11/23/2006, R S wrote:
> > >The International Zone is normally referred to as 'IZ' .
> > >You'll find a lot of journalists hanging out there and they tend
> > to refer tothe IZ as the GZ (or 'Green Zone').
> > >Odds are the food was provided by KBR.
> >
> > Avoid ALL acronyms, abbreviations, and
> > initialisms unless you spell them out at first
> > use, as in "the International Zone in Baghdad
> > (hence, "IZ")" or "the Green Zone in Baghdad
> > (hence, "GZ")" or "KBR (formerly a Halliburton
> > subsidiary originally known as Kellogg, Root, and Brown (?))" or
> > the like.
> >
> > The problem with using abbreviations is that they
> > speak only to a few of those receiving the
> > message.  Clarity in communications is
> > everything.  Abbreviations impede clarity by
> > restricting the exchange of information to "those in the know".
> >
> >
> > Clarity, clarity, clarity.
> >
> > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
> Along these lines, what the hell does "Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!"
> actually mean?
>
> For a hamburger I will gladly pay you Tuesday? Exit stage right?
> Yabadabadoo?
>
> Greg J. Lorenzo
> Calgary, Alberta
>
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from mads.christensen at gmx.net (Mads Christensen) ([Leica] Thanksgiving 2006)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Thanksgiving 2006)
Message from darkbulb at gmail.com (R S) ([Leica] Thanksgiving 2006)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Thanksgiving 2006)
Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] Thanksgiving 2006)