deifeln
May 11 2005 11:21 AM EDT
Must we use the 'o' in the above abreviations? How many 'HoE' jokes will we endure?
/me suggests the following
HoE-HE
HoD-HD
CoBF-CBF
Arorrr
May 11 2005 11:37 AM EDT
and I thought you are selling a HoE! Shame shame on you to trick me to click on your topic.
8^)
DizzyGuy
May 11 2005 12:13 PM EDT
I like the o better.... and for the rest of you.... notice this is under general =P
I thought CBF was the official abbreviation?
Now, the spellchecker doesn't like plurals of abbreviations however.
DizzyGuy
May 11 2005 1:44 PM EDT
Well.. CBF might be the <i>official</i> abbreviation... but CoBF is more used... It's like how the <i>official</i> abbreviation for a ToJ is TKJ... but almost everyone refers to it as a ToJ
CBMan11
May 11 2005 3:24 PM EDT
i understand HoE and maybe CoBF being changed, but whats wrong with HoD?
LumpBot
May 11 2005 3:45 PM EDT
I think people put the "o" in because without it you'd have words without vowels. Most catch acronyms sounds like a real word Ex. "SCUBA, DARE, and KISS".
So in short, the English language is used to this concept of pronounceable acronym.
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