Stamets to pics • 8 months agoNarrow Streets and Wide Smiles [St. John's, NFLD]imagemessage-square4arrow-up158arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square@x4740NlinkEnglish2•8 months agoSociety has a major problem with assuming someone knows what terms you are using when they don’t I can’t even tell where any of the places are on this community when they use acronyms if they are outside of my home country I know NSW = New South Wales and QLD = Queensland since I live in Australia but no one outside Australia is going to know that
minus-square@myrandomnnamelink2•7 months agoThose I do recognize. I think it all depends on where someone’s interest lies. But I also totally understand your point. No, acronyms are used much to much today. Not everyone is in the know on what others abbreviate.
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Newfoundland, in Canada
Society has a major problem with assuming someone knows what terms you are using when they don’t
I can’t even tell where any of the places are on this community when they use acronyms if they are outside of my home country
I know NSW = New South Wales and QLD = Queensland since I live in Australia but no one outside Australia is going to know that
Those I do recognize. I think it all depends on where someone’s interest lies.
But I also totally understand your point. No, acronyms are used much to much today. Not everyone is in the know on what others abbreviate.