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beargonewild -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 12:03:29 PM)
What I found and this is especially true in the gay community is their over obssesion with the over use of acronyms. There is nothing wrong by keeping it stupidly simple with using identifiers as gay or straight. All other sub groups do fall within those those parameters when "straight" is at one end of the spectrum and "gay" is at the polar opposite: all else falls somewhere in between according to how that specific person views where they believe they fit.

IronBear -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 1:28:01 PM)
Fuck a duck! Much easier to learn one of the "Dead" languages or even Elvish that figuring out acronyms.

beargonewild -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 4:15:57 PM)
grinz So true IronBear. Long acronyms do get a mite nauseating I find!

Prinsexx -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 4:25:12 PM)
quote: LGBTTQI&A. quote: ORIGINAL: Sunnyfey DomImus, pretty sure the A is for A-sexual (I'm about 98% sure on that) Allied

Prinsexx -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 4:27:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: IronBear Fuck a duck! Much easier to learn one of the "Dead" languages or even Elvish that figuring out acronyms. Yes but that does negate some of the activists/activism that went into creating recognition

IronBear -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 4:57:07 PM)
Agreed, and this is necessarily a bad thing?

Prinsexx -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 5:05:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: IronBear Agreed, and this is necessarily a bad thing? I've lost (I mean suicide) too many to prejudice for recognition to be waivered. Ed to add: this is not a very friendly or indeed well informed LGBTETC site is it?

stella41b -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 5:26:09 PM)
I agree with having too many long acronyms. In fact I think it would be much simpler if we had just two acronyms. IM1 and RU12.

Prinsexx -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 5:30:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: stella41b I agree with having too many long acronyms. In fact I think it would be much simpler if we had just two acronyms. IM1 and RU12. Oh for goodness sake get it right.... RU12?

Prinsexx -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 6:32:18 PM)
Sl 1, p1, k1, p1, ssk, yo, k1, yo, sl 2 kw, k1, p2sso, yo, k1; k2tog, (p1, k1) twice* life sucks

ShaharThorne -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 6:36:51 PM)
Not the knitting acronyms!!!

IronBear -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/29/2009 9:01:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Prinsexx quote: ORIGINAL: IronBear Agreed, and this is necessarily a bad thing? I've lost (I mean suicide) too many to prejudice for recognition to be waivered. Ed to add: this is not a very friendly or indeed well informed LGBTETC site is it? It is just a personal dislike of far too many acronyms and ones which are a tad lengthy. I prefer then short and sweet with an obvious meaning such as SCA. I am more inclined to use nicknames such as AK47, H&K 9mm, chopper or huey for example. I do recognise and applaude those who do knock up amazing, and for me uninterpretable acronyms, probably because I have not just never been part of the "smart set", "in crowd" or any such group and have avoided being so other than in a more general sense. This stops neither my deliberately avoidance of most acronyms nor my admiration for some who are deserving of accreditation. I must ask for a translation of LGBTETC please.

subtlebutterfly -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/30/2009 6:02:09 AM)
bloody acronyms I say[:'(] I can never remember/know what those things mean it just turns into a "blank" space in front of me if I see one.

Arpig -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/30/2009 7:47:42 AM)
quote: From the book Stranger in a Strange Land. :) No its from the superb book Stranger in a Strange Land. [;)]

crouchingtigress -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/30/2009 8:02:40 AM)
re lgbtect.....ect =excetera, she did not want to spell the whole thing out.... That is the problem with acronyms, they are meant to save time, but when they get to long the opposit happens. I teach a class called "under the queer umbrella", I love the term queer because just about everything fits into it....and I am lazy.

Prinsexx -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/30/2009 8:04:08 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: IronBear quote: ORIGINAL: Prinsexx quote: ORIGINAL: IronBear Agreed, and this is necessarily a bad thing? I've lost (I mean suicide) too many to prejudice for recognition to be waivered. Ed to add: this is not a very friendly or indeed well informed LGBTETC site is it? It is just a personal dislike of far too many acronyms and ones which are a tad lengthy. I prefer then short and sweet with an obvious meaning such as SCA. I am more inclined to use nicknames such as AK47, H&K 9mm, chopper or huey for example. I do recognise and applaude those who do knock up amazing, and for me uninterpretable acronyms, probably because I have not just never been part of the "smart set", "in crowd" or any such group and have avoided being so other than in a more general sense. This stops neither my deliberately avoidance of most acronyms nor my admiration for some who are deserving of accreditation. I must ask for a translation of LGBTETC please. LGBT..... most get that even though the ladies going first pissed a few off.... ETC....an attitude based on laziness and an inabiity to google? makes many people more aufait with a knitting pattern than what's going on in say BiCon UK conference here recently. Not a persoal knock at you IronBear and as I too shy clear of groups and anything but private scenes all I can say it that I am very grateful fpr those who fight the good fight for me and have made my bisexuality not only something normal but something to be proud of....etc.

Prinsexx -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/30/2009 8:06:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: crouchingtigress re lgbtect.....ect =excetera, she did not want to spell the whole thing out.... Well spotted on the etc. but not that I did not want to spell it out. It's a pity it has to be spelled though out on a forum like this.

ResidentSadist -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/31/2009 3:00:29 AM)
OMG, WTF is the BFD about acronyms? BTW, The LGBTQIA is an organization, they weren't guessing at meanings IMO. Speaking of Heinlein, the acronym I truly grok is TANSTAFL.

Prinsexx -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/31/2009 4:10:27 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ResidentSadist OMG, WTF is the BFD about acronyms? BTW, The LGBTQIA is an organization, they weren't guessing at meanings IMO. Speaking of Heinlein, the acronym I truly grok is TANSTAFL. YABA YABA YABA..............

VanIsleKnight -> RE: excessively long acronyms (8/31/2009 4:52:26 AM)
I find excessive use of acronyms to be terribly annoying and absolutely -hate- being overly politically correct. It's actually gotten to a point where I've become mildly cynical towards the entire thing and while I do try to avoid being offensive, knowing my audience when joking around, being the typical polite Canadian, etc etc, I will get irritated as heck if someone gets worked up and pissy about something that's not worth getting worked up and pissy about. Hell, I'm a half-Inuit bastard son that's adopted and have gay, lesbian, and bi-sexual friends of various races and backgrounds it's like my social life is an after school special sometimes.

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