Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A good reason exists in 'how to write" texts to use the full name once then ID the acronym to use from then on. "so how good is the Electronic View Finder (EVF) on this camera compared to the EVF on this other camera here?" It's helpful; it's kind; it makes for clear communication. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jan 12, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote: > >> 2010-01-11-23:26:30 Mark Rabiner: >>>> EVF >>> Electronic viewfinder! >>> Gosh guys we are so cool - such a select group with our cute little >>> acronyms. >> >> What is it with you and your apparently willful effort not to >> understand acronyms whose use has become widespread in our particular >> field of endeavor? Something gets used long enough that nobody seems >> to need to explain what it stands for anymore, people enjoying the >> luxury of not having to type several long words over and over, >> then... a few months or even years into the acronym's >> near-universality, Mark says... Hey! What's 'is, then? >> >> Just wondering. >> >> Maybe it's acronym dylsexia. >> >> -J >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Yeah? so why don't we have an acronym for "optical viewfinder" that > we all > understand, instead of typing it out throughout the thread? Just > asking .. > . > > and, what about Plastic Optical viewfinder, and maybe metal Oprtical > viewfinder, and offset optical viewfinder? > > No sense in getting pissed at us old farts because we don't like > acronyms. > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > (+31.754164,-093.099080) > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information