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  1. 18th August 2003, 05:23 PM #1
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    Default And now for something ......

    completley different. Three letter acronymn of a wood - Ubeaut forum member or shed/garage subject. All three letters to be the same ie.

    Custom Cyclone Construction by Wayne Davey
    Perfect Polish Products by Ubeaut

    Basic Bandsaw Blades
    Cheap Chisel Care

    etc.

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  2. 19th August 2003, 02:54 AM #2
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    Doorstop,

    My dictionary definition fits my proposal.

    ac·ro·nym

    n.
    A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging.

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    Doorstop,

    I've been educated!

    What Would We Want When We Win? As an alliteration, cannot be an acronym, as WWWWWWW DOES not form a word.

    Where 'Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus' does, as in SCUBA.

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    Pompous pair of posturing, pedantic p*^#>s!
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    Decidedly
    Obnoxious
    Ossified
    Reprehensible
    Silly
    Temperamental
    Old
    Pedant.
    (But I' m still proud to call you my friend.I Hope!)
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    Here are a couple of old computer acronyms.

    Many early computer programmers and users called their computer FRED Fu**ing Ridiculous Electronic Device.

    TWAIN The standard protocol for scanners that allows you to scan into a program without leaving that program. All scanners are now classed as TWAIN comatible. TWAIN Thing Without An Interesting Name.

    NEC as in the printer manufacturer etc. Never Ever Compatible.

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    Some more computer names:

    IBM = Itty Bitty Machines
    IBM = Instutute of Broken Marriages
    IBM = In Business for Money
    IBM = I've Been Moved

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    In the television industry we have:
    PAL Prehistoric and lacking.
    The Yanks have
    NTSC Never the same colour (sorry color to those who know best and think they created English).
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    In view of the message all over this BB from Neil to Sticky (Who the heck is Sticky?)
    I hereby unreservedly apologise to Doorstop for calling him old in the above acronym.
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    well I reckon if sticky has been such a bad boy u should ban him henceforth or fith whichever is sooner
    oh I also apologise for the unkind thoughts I had about Neil
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