#abbreviations — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #abbreviations, aggregated by home.social.
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"A Story Of [The US States To Two (2) Capital Letters] Abbreviations” [(slightly) NSFW]
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https://youtube.com/shorts/u29XFwhHtC0?si=y_NJ-RCO06alkBjG <-- shared (slightly) NSFW video
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As spatial data professionals- indeed as data professionals generally - we have all been in similar situations, either inside or looking in… so VERY relatable!
(note that the “98 minute documentary…” “about the men - and one woman” he mentions was – so very sadly! – a fiction generated for his routine…)
#comedy #garygulman #USStates #abbreviations #designbycommittee #USPS #abbreviation #task #consensus #spatial #organisation #states #USA #CONTRACTor #data #database #consistency #humour -
Winton's book contains some of those clippings so popular in Australian English: bronzies, deckie, Landy, oldies, vollies, wetty, and others.
Without context it's hard to guess them unless you know AusEng. I've updated my post on the phenomenon:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/australian-clippings-in-peter-temples-truth/#dialect #words #language #AustralianEnglish #AusEng #abbreviations #books #morphology