[miguelito raton]

anything i need to say can be done in 5 letters. sentences are dead.

[Methuselah]

wtfaytabnmr?

[BobHarris]

wwttd

[Ash84]

piitb

[Brundlefly]

Wwjdihwagm

[miguelito raton]

Originally Posted by Brundlefly

Wwjdihwagm

HwsloC

[sampo]

wamp?

[King Elessar 8]

pfft.

[Viraus]

wgaf?

[Methuselah]

Originally Posted by miguelito raton

HwsloC

He would snort lots of cocaine

[Loose Seal]

wctbw?

[Brundlefly]

Originally Posted by miguelito raton

HwsloC

wow, I can't believe you actually got that.

[The Reaper]

STFU.

Although, words like 'the' and 'and' or 'of', etc, are not included in acronyms. So The Dark Knight should be DK, not TDK. Like, The United States of America is USA, not TUSOA. Simple but most people, especially here, get it wrong.

The Lord of the Rings should be LR. Crazy but true.

[Han Bennink]

Ifym

[post tenebras lux]

Where's my flying car? You're telling me that tons of steel in the form of an airplane can fly but I can't get a flying car yet?

This is NOT cool.

[Jack Package]

You also only refer to it as an acronym if it produces a word, for example NASA or NATO. Otherwise it is referred to as initialism, like FBI or CIA.

[BadLieutenant]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

STFU.

Although, words like 'the' and 'and' or 'of', etc, are not included in acronyms. So The Dark Knight should be DK, not TDK. Like, The United States of America is USA, not TUSOA. Simple but most people, especially here, get it wrong.

The Lord of the Rings should be LR. Crazy but true.

That's not a rule. POTUS and SCOTUS are widely used acronyms that denote "president of the United States" and "Supreme Court of the United States," respectively. Both date back to the 19th century, making them two of the earliest known acronyms.

[garthpancake]

Originally Posted by the reaper

stfu.

Although, words like 'the' and 'and' or 'of', etc, are not included in acronyms. So the dark knight should be dk, not tdk. Like, the united states of america is usa, not tusoa. Simple but most people, especially here, get it wrong.

The lord of the rings should be lr. Crazy but true.

(breaking the rules here to tell this guy to) Shut Up. (SU)

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by BadLieutenant

That's not a rule. POTUS and SCOTUS are widely used acronyms that denote "president of the United States" and "Supreme Court of the United States," respectively. Both date back to the 19th century, making them two of the earliest known acronyms.

Yes it is, at least that's what I was taught in college. Just b/c something is widely used doesn't mean it is correct. Look at religion. Very widely used. Very wrong.

[BadLieutenant]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

Yes it is. Just b/c something is widely used doesn't mean it is correct. Look at religion. Very widely used. Very wrong.

You're going to have to cite where you're getting this rule from, because there's no such entry I can find in the Chicago Manual of Style, the American Psychological Association style guide or the Associated Press stylebook. And Mirriam-Webster's definition:

a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term

would seem to clearly suggest that any successive words, including conjunctions and articles, would be acceptable for abbreviation in an acronym.

And when your rule contradicts some of the earliest known practices being defined, it doesn't really work.

[miguelito raton]

Originally Posted by jack package

you also only refer to it as an acronym if it produces a word, for example nasa or nato. Otherwise it is referred to as initialism, like fbi or cia.

bk!

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by BadLieutenant

You're going to have to cite where you're getting this rule from, because there's no such entry I can find in the Chicago Manual of Style, the American Psychological Association style guide or the Associated Press stylebook. And Mirriam-Webster's definition:



would seem to clearly suggest that any successive words, including conjunctions and articles, would be acceptable for abbreviation in an acronym.

And when your rule contradicts some of the earliest known practices being defined, it doesn't really work.

So for The United States of America, you write or say TUSOA, is that right? That's really what you do? Not USA. Right.

Also FBI should be TFBOI under your logic. I could go on but you get the point.

[TeamCanada]

What's speaking?

[Hangover_Boy]

Originally Posted by Methuselah

wtfaytabnmr?

I made it as far as "what the **ck are you talking about"

I'm lost on the last 4.

[SKYCOK4 B.]

Originally Posted by Hangover_Boy

I made it as far as "what the **ck are you talking about"

I'm lost on the last 4.

Well the last two are miguelito raton. The n is maybe now?

[BadLieutenant]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

So for The United States of America, you write or say TUSOA, is that right? That's really what you do? Not USA. Right.

Also FBI should be TFBOI under your logic. I could go on but you get the point.

No. I'm the one saying there isn't a rule either way. Read the definition I posted again: "of the successive parts OR major parts." Either can work, depending on usage. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is not "TFBOI" (though FBI isn't an acronym, it's an initialism), nor is the president of the United States "the PUS."

[Freddie Quell]

I'm sick of this YOLO sh-t. Just another reason I can't stand that overrated hack, Drake.

[Patrick Bateman]

lol brb

[El Seven]

Totes.

[Errol Flynn]

Originally Posted by TeamCanada

What's speaking?

He means txting.

Spkg is so 1998.