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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Abbreviations that don't work #147220 09/09/05 10:05 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland You people act like a little redundancy was the end of the world Reluctantly I feel compelled to agree with you against my will By the way, New Scientist magazine has an ongoing section on the subject of "redundant acronym syndrome". http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18624971.400 Some of the examples quoted here are also to be found there: is that circularity or redundancy? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Abbreviations that don't work belligerentyouth 09/01/05 02:37 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work Zed 09/01/05 10:56 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work belMarduk 09/01/05 11:12 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work Faldage 09/02/05 09:05 AM Re: Abbreviations that don't work wsieber 09/09/05 10:05 AM Re:dundancy AnnaStrophic 09/09/05 01:07 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work Faldage 09/09/05 10:44 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work sjmaxq 09/10/05 03:40 AM Re: Abbreviations that don't work inselpeter 09/10/05 11:31 AM Re: Abbreviations that don't work Faldage 09/10/05 12:57 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work inselpeter 09/10/05 01:06 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work Jackie 09/10/05 01:38 PM Re: prescriptivismus delendus est zmjezhd 09/10/05 02:26 PM Re: prescriptivismus delendus est inselpeter 09/10/05 02:31 PM Re: prescriptivismus delendus est sjmaxq 09/10/05 07:02 PM Re: prescriptivismus delendus est zmjezhd 09/10/05 08:28 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work TheFallibleFiend 09/02/05 11:26 AM Re: Abbreviations that don't work Jackie 09/02/05 01:23 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work belMarduk 09/02/05 05:54 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work Faldage 09/02/05 10:48 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work TheFallibleFiend 09/12/05 08:57 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work prolix 09/05/05 05:03 AM Re: Abbreviations that don't work inselpeter 09/05/05 07:28 AM Re: Abbreviations that don't work Vernon Compton 09/05/05 07:42 AM Re: ai carrumba Buffalo Shrdlu 09/05/05 11:01 AM Re: ai carrumba Faldage 09/05/05 12:01 PM Re: ai carrumba Elizabeth Creith 09/05/05 12:07 PM Department of Redundancies Department wofahulicodoc 09/05/05 12:51 PM Re: Department of Redundancies Department Jackie 09/05/05 02:18 PM Re: Abbreviations that don't work Bingley 09/05/05 01:41 PM Re: lix lacks maverick 09/05/05 03:48 PM Re: lix lacks Elizabeth Creith 09/06/05 01:25 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,421 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 1,462 guests, and 27 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,592 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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