Acronyms used on Gun forums

[jcwit]

Idswtpiwa. Cuwyttsa.

 

[Sistema1927]

IANAL, and I don't even play one on TV.

YMMV.

 

[jcwit]

I don't see what the problem is with acronyms. Can't understand what you're trying to say anyway.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

Yes, I have no real choice but to tolerate that people choose to be lazy, uneducated or inarticulate. I do not have to accept it.

Using acronyms and their associated jargon within a specific interest group has nothing to do with being lazy, uneducated, or inarticulate. To claim otherwise indicates a severe lack of understanding of sociolinguistic mechanisms. It has nothing to do with being in a hurry.

I am sure the speakers of Middle English or Early Modern English would be horrified upon hearing the barbaric corruption of their beloved tongue into your "King's English."

You may wish to review your own posts before lamenting the lazy, uneducated, or inarticulate. A quick search of your posts indicates you misuse "it's" in the place of "its." You commonly use fragmented sentences and tend to use numeric symbol rather than typing out the word for some numbers, a practice upon which many frown. You also fail to use commas to seperate clauses. You improperly use "who's" in the place of "whose." There are a number of contractions in your writing, these are frowned upon in formal writing. You use the word "pic" instead of the proper "picture." Perhaps you were in too much of a hurry to type those last four letters?

Those are a few of the offenses against the "King's English" I found in just one thread. Did you want to go back and correct your other posts before lecturing us about your fragile grammatical sensibilities? Those who live in glass houses and such.

 

[MMCSRET]

HUH?

 

[Grandpa Shooter]

Those are a few of the offenses against the "King's English" I found in just one thread. Did you want to go back and correct your other posts before lecturing us about your fragile grammatical sensibilities? Those who live in glass houses and such.

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Last edited by Jorg : Today at 04:57 PM.

Guilty as charged. See what hanging out on an internet forum will do to you!

 

[Brian Dale]

Why do we refer to an automatic Colt as a "1911." After all, it was invented in 1905.

The Army adopted it in that year and called it the Model of 1911. When I was young, everyone called them "Colt .45s," though they were made by many manufacturers for the military throughout the past century.

With the resurgence of that pistol's popularity during the past twenty years and the proliferation of "newer" manufacturers--Kimber, Springfield and others replacing Ithaca and Remington Rand, while Colt remains but has lost market share--I've seen a purposeful tendency to substitute "1911" for "Colt .45" when discussing the type.

As you're aware, any type of soda pop is "a coke" in some parts of the country and "a kleenex" is what we use to blow our noses. This works fine, but I wouldn't like it if I were selling Pepsi or Puffs tissue.

 

[BorisDaBastid]

We're going to be working with the IA in someone else's AO. Our SP is 0600, and RP is about 1300. The tracks are going to set up BPs here and here. Set your FPL's accordingly.

 

[Brian Dale]

Wow, Boris--you've really learned Arabic fast. I think that I grasp "AO", but the rest....well, it's all Greek to me.

 

[The Tourist]

Actually Tourist, the first year of the Pan is 1948.

Sorry, guy. The last time I worked at Decker's Harley-Davidson as a wrench it was 1972. Personally, there are a few stretches in that period that are a tad "fuzzy."

I do know that if I built a pan, I'd get a more modern P-Series engine that was a re-creation of the 1965 model. That one had an electric starter.

I do remember a 1971 FX I had, Sifton cams, alloy push rods, solid lifters. No starter.

I remember kicking it, them kicking it some more, then a few more kicks, then a few final kicks, then feeling a bit woozy and passing out...

 

[Cannonball888]

you may be a gun newbie if...

you think MOA is an extinct prehistoric bird

you think a BUG is an insect

you think BP is a company that sells gasoline

you think CHP is the California Highway Patrol

you think DA is a prosecutor

you think SA is South America

you think FFL is Finer Foods of Louisiana

you think BG means Brothers Gibb

you think ATF is something your car needs

you think POI is something you ate vacationing in Hawaii

 

[Brian Dale]

You might be on the steep part of the learning curve if you think that the abbreviation "CTG." on the barrel of your revolver is an acronym meaning that it's supposed to have come with Crimson Trace Grips.

 

[TimboKhan]

Occasional use of acronyms doesn't bother me, and I occasionally use them. Heavy and repeated use of acronyms does bother me, because it's a pain to read, much like all caps is a pain to read.