8 Dec
2002
8 Dec
'02
8:33 p.m.
On Sunday 08 December 2002 23.10, Steve Harris wrote:
[...]
Same in Sweden - although we tend not to spell "acronyms" that long...
Anyway, that's another advantage of TLAs; just three letters to
spell, if you're into that. :-)
My personal
preference is for something that doesn't have to be
spelled to be spoken. I know most people say VSTi as 'visty'.
Agreed, our German brethren seem to want to spell out
El-Ah-Dee-Es-Pee-Ah, which is pretty inconvenient. OTOH I think Joern was amused when I insisted on
pronouncing luss,
as in "can you just ls that directory".
*hehe*
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