Abbreviations and acronyms (what do those letters mean?)

[Guest]

%£&~#6%*"3 @? oop: Things have definitely gone wrong.

[Andy the Sheep]

May I suggest a local and well known acronym from Italy: UCAS (Ufficio Complicazione Affari Semplici) which could be translated into "Office for Complication of Otherwise Simple Affairs" (OCOSA), a typical bureaucratic (it seems I spelled it correctly, according to the orthographic control ) degeneration; if referred to our hobby, I think it suits to some of model firms's branches dedicated to the instruction booklets or the painting guides. :nerd:
I spent my professional life swimming, diving and sometimes drowning in acronyms and it seems they are still after me! :worried::sick::tongue-out3:.

[dalej2014]

May I suggest a local and well known acronym from Italy: UCAS (Ufficio Complicazione Affari Semplici) which could be translated into "Office for Complication of Otherwise Simple Affairs" (OCOSA), a typical bureaucratic (it seems I spelled it correctly, according to the orthographic control ) degeneration; if referred to our hobby, I think it suits to some of model firms's branches dedicated to the instruction booklets or the painting guides. :nerd:
I spent my professional life swimming, diving and sometimes drowning in acronyms and it seems they are still after me! :worried::sick::tongue-out3:.

Excellent. Do follow instructions... unless told not to follow instructions!?

[Guest]

Excellent. Do follow instructions... unless told not to follow instructions!?

Arg you have not come across Dragon instructions yet them Dale ?

[dalej2014]

Arg you have not come across Dragon instructions yet them Dale ?

I haven't yet, no. I do like the look of their kits though, so may well do.
I am stubbornly resisting the urge to buy more kits for now, as I have a large inherited stash already.
The thing is, none of them are less than 40 years old, so, yeah. Dragon are tempting. As long as my willpower lasts...

[Mini Me]

One that always puzzled me is ANOMALY. my dictionary (Webster's) says it's an abnormality. To me this suggests that the word abnormality was hacked to death years ago to create a slightly shorter version (for what ever purpose) that not only means the same thing but is made up of the same letters (probably by some Scientist, Dr. or Researcher that was either too lazy or couldn't spell it out.) and my question is: is this NORMAL or just an ANOMALY??? :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out::thinking::thinking::nerd::thumb2: Rick H.

[dalej2014]

One that always puzzled me is ANOMALY. my dictionary (Webster's) says it's an abnormality. To me this suggests that the word abnormality was hacked to death years ago to create a slightly shorter version (for what ever purpose) that not only means the same thing but is made up of the same letters (probably by some Scientist, Dr. or Researcher that was either too lazy or couldn't spell it out.) and my question is: is this NORMAL or just an ANOMALY??? :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out::thinking::thinking::nerd::thumb2: Rick H.

Anomaly is a descendant of the Greek word anōmalos,
First seen in 1603.

History and Etymology for abnormal
First seen used in 1817.

So we can conclude that anomaly is not derived from abnormality. There, glad we've sorted that one out! lol

Who knew modelling could be so informative about language!? :smiling6: :smiling6: :smiling6: PS there ain't nothin' normal here!

[outrunner]

Well, if you are moving on to words now why is abbreviation such a long word?

Andy.

[dalej2014]

Well, if you are moving on to words now why is abbreviation such a long word?

Andy.

A!?

[Tim Marlow]

Some more….
AB…..airbrush.
BMF….bare metal foil (or finish).
NMF….natural metal finish.
RTV rubber…..room temperature vulcanising rubber (only relevant to mould makers).
TLA….three letter acronym :tongue-out3:

[adt70hk]

Can't IMHO believe we've missed.....

IMHO = in my humble opinion.....

[Guest]

I haven't yet, no. I do like the look of their kits though, so may well do.
I am stubbornly resisting the urge to buy more kits for now, as I have a large inherited stash already.
The thing is, none of them are less than 40 years old, so, yeah. Dragon are tempting. As long as my willpower lasts...

Dale your life of modelling is far from complete. If you like guessing games, like part no's that are given but not on the sprue. Strange instructions done by a group of designers writing in Chinese and having a Google translation that is literal.Other than that not bad kits .:smiling3:

[Ian M]

the dumbest:
world wide web. three words, three syllables. lets abbreviate that to www. double U, double U, double U. Six syllables.
WTAF.

[dalej2014]

the dumbest:
world wide web. three words, three syllables. lets abbreviate that to www. double U, double U, double U. Six syllables.
WTAF.

A valid point when spoken, but it is a lot quicker to write?

[Ian M]

A valid point when spoken, but it is a lot quicker to write?

but longer to read...