Abbreviations in the Jeremy Bamber case

[APRIL]

WC

Water Closet?

[ISpyWithMyEye]

Water Closet?

Could have been, April!

Nope...it’s Wrong Conversation 🧐

[Brietta]

It is, but part of remembering the abbreviation is the context the name (hence the abbreviation) comes into the drama.

I find the constant use of abbreviations to be tiresome in the extreme.

[APRIL]

I find the constant use of abbreviations to be tiresome in the extreme.

HOORAH!!! I couldn't agree more.

[The General]

HOORAH!!! I couldn't agree more.

...and acronyms.

[APRIL]

...and acronyms.

Those, too

[Brietta]

...and acronyms.

I'm not quite so down on those because we usually know what is meant by for example (LOL ~ eg) NASA. but overuse of initials for names can be confusing particularly if there there are numerous people mentioned in the same post as sometimes happens.

[Holly Goodhead]

I'm not quite so down on those because we usually know what is meant by for example (LOL ~ eg) NASA. but overuse of initials for names can be confusing particularly if there there are numerous people mentioned in the same post as sometimes happens.

You'll soon pick it up Brie assuming you want to that is.  If your resistant for whatever reasons it could act as a psychological barrier to your learning. 

[Brietta]

You'll soon pick it up Brie assuming you want to that is.  If your resistant for whatever reasons it could act as a psychological barrier to your learning.

In my opinion over usage of abbreviation is a lazy way of posting and is not conducive to imparting information particularly if it switches the reader off as it does for me and is actually a throwback to advice I was once given about inclusiveness and imparting knowledge;

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When you have been in your specific industry for any amount of time, acronyms and abbreviations begin to creep up in your everyday speech. This is because you know what they are meant to represent in your industry and in your own organization, and that your colleagues will understand what you say. Acronyms and abbreviations exist in all areas of life from medicine to religion, but can complicate document translation, among other types of localization.
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Advice
As a general rule, you should write out completely the meaning of the abbreviation or acronym when you first use it, including the acronym itself in parentheses.
https://www.simultrans.com/blog/avoiding-acronyms-and-abbreviations-when-writing-content-for-translation



In other words you and a select few may know what you are talking about but a wider audience won't have a scooby;  for effective communication I think the above advice for translators is as good as anything: then we have had this discussion on another board ~ I found it amusing that you learned nothing from that and the same observation has arisen here 😁

[Holly Goodhead]

In my opinion over usage of abbreviation is a lazy way of posting and is not conducive to imparting information particularly if it switches the reader off as it does for me and is actually a throwback to advice I was once given about inclusiveness and imparting knowledge;

Snip
When you have been in your specific industry for any amount of time, acronyms and abbreviations begin to creep up in your everyday speech. This is because you know what they are meant to represent in your industry and in your own organization, and that your colleagues will understand what you say. Acronyms and abbreviations exist in all areas of life from medicine to religion, but can complicate document translation, among other types of localization.
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Advice
As a general rule, you should write out completely the meaning of the abbreviation or acronym when you first use it, including the acronym itself in parentheses.
https://www.simultrans.com/blog/avoiding-acronyms-and-abbreviations-when-writing-content-for-translation



In other words you and a select few may know what you are talking about but a wider audience won't have a scooby;  for effective communication I think the above advice for translators is as good as anything: then we have had this discussion on another board ~ I found it amusing that you learned nothing from that and the same observation has arisen here 😁

I'll produce a glossary of terms.

[Brietta]

I'll produce a glossary of terms.

Please do not bother on my behalf ... but as you were advised on another thread it is good manners to be inclusive in your posting and I can do no other than suggest you take note of independent guidance already posted ...
Advice
As a general rule, you should write out completely the meaning of the abbreviation or acronym when you first use it, including the acronym itself in parentheses.
https://www.simultrans.com/blog/avoiding-acronyms-and-abbreviations-when-writing-content-for-translation

[Holly Goodhead]

Please do not bother on my behalf ... but as you were advised on another thread it is good manners to be inclusive in your posting and I can do no other than suggest you take note of independent guidance already posted ...
Advice
As a general rule, you should write out completely the meaning of the abbreviation or acronym when you first use it, including the acronym itself in parentheses.
https://www.simultrans.com/blog/avoiding-acronyms-and-abbreviations-when-writing-content-for-translation

It's no bother Brie.  I accept I'm rather base and lacking in social graces 

But on the plus side if for example JM or anyone else decided to Google her full maiden name they wouldn't find our posts discussing aspects of her life she would rather forget about. 

[Nicholas]

It's no bother Brie.  I accept I'm rather base and lacking in social graces 

But on the plus side if for example JM or anyone else decided to Google her full maiden name they wouldn't find our posts discussing aspects of her life she would rather forget about.

Or find you and sue you

[Nicholas]

It's no bother Brie.  I accept I'm rather base and lacking in social graces 

But on the plus side if for example JM or anyone else decided to Google her full maiden name they wouldn't find our posts discussing aspects of her life she would rather forget about.

Answer me this Holly, why did you appear so willing to use the full name of a young, innocent murder victim in order to attempt to point score/prove your point or whatever it is you were doing yet you’d abbreviate Julie’s name ?

And I suspect you were fully aware of the controversy surrounding that particular case, the murderers defence argument and how the media were making it about her sex life 

[Holly Goodhead]

Answer me this Holly, why did you appear so willing to use the full name of a young, innocent murder victim in order to attempt to point score/prove your point or whatever it is you were doing yet you’d abbreviate Julie’s name ?

I wasn't point scoring I was simply highlighting what I consider to be a flaw in ISpy's argument.  Everything relating to GM is very recent and all in the public domain.  Conversely JM could never have imagined that her wit stats would end up on www some 35 years on.