Poll of the Day > Now this is a damn stretch

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Soup_or_Science 10/30/20 4:17:41 PM #1:	ELVES, or Emission of Light and Very low Frequency perturbations due to Electromagnetic pulse Sources, are a kind of TLE https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/sprites-are-haunting-jupiters-atmosphere-nasa-spacecraft-finds/ar-BB1ayc82 Are there any rules concerning what you can and can't abbreviate, and any additions made in between? >_> <cite>Soup_or_Science posted [p:946506585] in Now this i... [t:79074313]...</cite> <quote>ELVES, or Emission of Light and Very low Frequency perturbations due to Electromagnetic pulse Sources, are a kind of TLE https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/sprites-are-haunting-jupiters-atmosphere-nasa-spacecraft-finds/ar-BB1ayc82 Are there any rules concerning what you can and can't abbreviate, and any additions made in between? >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 10/30/20 4:25:01 PM #2:	The only real rule is "make sure your audience understands it," and given the extremely narrow audience for that particular acronym (basically consists entirely of the small handful of labs studying the phenomenon) and the fact that said audience has generally participated in coming up with the acronym themselves, I'd say it's fair game. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:946506858] in Now this i... [t:79074313]...</cite> <quote>The only real rule is "make sure your audience understands it," and given the extremely narrow audience for that particular acronym (basically consists entirely of the small handful of labs studying the phenomenon) and the fact that said audience has generally participated in coming up with the acronym themselves, I'd say it's fair game. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 10/30/20 4:53:30 PM #3:	We live in the good ol' USoA, and we can abbreviate how we damn well please, y'all --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:946507916] in Now this i... [t:79074313]...</cite> <quote>We live in the good ol' USoA, and we can abbreviate how we damn well please, y'all </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 10/30/20 4:59:05 PM #4:	It really comes down to the fact that people often try to pick cool-sounding acronyms first then fit a title to that acronym. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:946508118] in Now this i... [t:79074313]...</cite> <quote>It really comes down to the fact that people often try to pick cool-sounding acronyms first then fit a title to that acronym. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dedbus 10/30/20 5:04:38 PM #5:	In like the first episode of agents of shield they ask what it means to him and the agents like it means someone really wanted their acronym to spell out shield. <cite>dedbus posted [p:946508329] in Now this i... [t:79074313]...</cite> <quote>In like the first episode of agents of shield they ask what it means to him and the agents like it means someone really wanted their acronym to spell out shield. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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