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At the risk of appearing fairly thick, could I ask contributors to use less
Acronyms and more names which we oldies find easier to understand.
I note a reply by Lance Edmonds to a topic, referring to the UDT. That would
obviously be quite easily understood by many people who read this site but there
could be hundreds like me who don't have a clue what this means.
Many acronyms are quite wrong. For example, Y2K to people these days means Year 2000
but to those who started messing around with computer back in the dark ages, it means
Year 2048!
Here in Australia we are getting more of them to live with. The government has
introduced a GST (goods and services tax) to become effective from July 1, 2000.
We used to have an ACN (Australian Company Number) but this is to be changed to a ABN
(Australian Business Number).
Government departments indulge very heavily in acronyms and one must almost
need to learn a second language to understand what they are talking about.
How many attend seminars and leaving feeling a bit stupid because one didn't
understand what was going on because of all the acronyms used? Naturally,
speakers use them extensively as they
seem to believe it makes them appear very intelligent.
I am not suggesting this is the case with contributors to this forum because to
many it is obviously their "second language" but it would help those not so
involved in acronyms to better understand what everyone is talking about.
Be kind and make a New Year's resolution.
Help Brian to understand what you are writing about!
Regards,
Brian.
Acronyms and more names which we oldies find easier to understand.
I note a reply by Lance Edmonds to a topic, referring to the UDT. That would
obviously be quite easily understood by many people who read this site but there
could be hundreds like me who don't have a clue what this means.
Many acronyms are quite wrong. For example, Y2K to people these days means Year 2000
but to those who started messing around with computer back in the dark ages, it means
Year 2048!
Here in Australia we are getting more of them to live with. The government has
introduced a GST (goods and services tax) to become effective from July 1, 2000.
We used to have an ACN (Australian Company Number) but this is to be changed to a ABN
(Australian Business Number).
Government departments indulge very heavily in acronyms and one must almost
need to learn a second language to understand what they are talking about.
How many attend seminars and leaving feeling a bit stupid because one didn't
understand what was going on because of all the acronyms used? Naturally,
speakers use them extensively as they
seem to believe it makes them appear very intelligent.
I am not suggesting this is the case with contributors to this forum because to
many it is obviously their "second language" but it would help those not so
involved in acronyms to better understand what everyone is talking about.
Be kind and make a New Year's resolution.
Help Brian to understand what you are writing about!
Regards,
Brian.
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