1. hello, anyone out there?!
Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve
in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere?
Kasey
kaseyb at geocities.com
2. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
>Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve
>in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere?
Well, I'm here... at least ;)
I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers,
all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me
about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still
caught by IMHO.
Regards,
Daniel Berstein
daber at pair.com
3. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
In My Humble Opinion (my guess) Jiri
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list EUPHORIA <EUPHORIA at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: Sunday, 10 May 1998 19:38
Subject: Re: hello, anyone out there?!
>>Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve
>>in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere?
>
>
>Well, I'm here... at least ;)
>
>I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers,
>all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me
>about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still
>caught by IMHO.
>
>Regards,
> Daniel Berstein
> daber at pair.com
>
4. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Jiri Babor wrote:
> In My Humble Opinion (my guess) Jiri
yeah that's it.
> >I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers,
> >all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me
> >about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still
> >caught by IMHO.
I only know a couple. I'm not into chat but you can learn them by
chatting. One of the few times that I was chatting LOL was used a lot.
-Humberto Yeverino Jr.
"I kick ass for the Lord."
http://www.engr.csufresno.edu/~humberto/Home.html
humberto at engr.csufresno.edu
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<a href="http://www.engr.csufresno.edu/~humberto/Home.html">
Have a look.</a></font><br>
5. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
> I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers,
> all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me
> about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still
> caught by IMHO.
Whoever said "In my humble opinion" is right
LOL is lots of laughs or laughing out loud
Ummm... ROFL is rolling on (the) floor laughing
If you can use the web (most likely :) ... take a look around...
... do a search for acronyms ... there's probably a couple
big lists you can browse through :)
6. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
On Sun, 10 May 1998 03:27:35 -0300 Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM>
writes:
>>Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve
>>in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere?
>
>
>Well, I'm here... at least ;)
Seems like Saturdays get the least amount of mail.
>I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native
>speakers, all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually
>use? It took me about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office
>Home Office. I'm still caught by IMHO.
Common acronyms I've seen:
IMO/IMHO In my opinion / In my humble/honest opinion
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
LOL Laughing out loud
ROTFLMOL Rolling on the floor laughing madly out loud
RTFM Read the friendly manual (Other words can be used for
"friendly")
TTYL Talk to you later
PMJI Pardon my jumping in
BTW By the way
AFAIK As far as I know
IIRC If I recall correctly
ASAP As soon as possible
COBOL Completely Obsolete Boring Old Language (Okay, this was a
joke I read... ;)
Well, those are all I can think of right now.
If you don't like all the acronyms, contact AAAAA. (American Association
Against Acronym Abuse.) Their motto, "Down with TLAs!" (Three letter
acronyms)
Okay, that was two jokes I had put into one.... I'll be quiet now. :)
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7. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
>In My Humble Opinion (my guess) Jiri
In spanish it would be EMHO, En Mi Humilde Opinion (literal translation).
Regards,
Daniel Berstein
daber at pair.com
8. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
-----Original Message-----
De: Robert B Pilkington <bpilkington at JUNO.COM>
Para: Multiple recipients of list EUPHORIA <EUPHORIA at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Fecha: domingo 10 de mayo de 1998 17:17
Asunto: Re: hello, anyone out there?!
>Common acronyms I've seen:
>
>IMO/IMHO In my opinion / In my humble/honest opinion
>ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
>LOL Laughing out loud
>ROTFLMOL Rolling on the floor laughing madly out loud
>RTFM Read the friendly manual (Other words can be used for
>"friendly")
>TTYL Talk to you later
>PMJI Pardon my jumping in
>BTW By the way
>AFAIK As far as I know
>IIRC If I recall correctly
>ASAP As soon as possible
>COBOL Completely Obsolete Boring Old Language (Okay, this was a
>joke I read... ;)
>
>Well, those are all I can think of right now.
>
>If you don't like all the acronyms, contact AAAAA. (American Association
>Against Acronym Abuse.) Their motto, "Down with TLAs!" (Three letter
>acronyms)
>
>Okay, that was two jokes I had put into one.... I'll be quiet now. :)
Thanks Robert.
BTW IMHO I really LOL with your jokes. Do you have AAAAA URL?
Regards,
Daniel Berstein <--- not berNstein
daber at pair.com
9. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
Daniel Berstein wrote:
>
> >Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve
> >in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere?
>
> Well, I'm here... at least ;)
>
> I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native speakers,
> all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took me
> about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm still
> caught by IMHO.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel Berstein
> daber at pair.com
They already answered IMHO. but in case your currious
snafu = situation normal, all f*(&ed up.
fubar = F***'ed up beyond all recognition.
couple of my favorites (wich is good seing how often i find myself
having use for them. :)
Kasey
kaseyb at geocities.com
10. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
-----Original Message-----
From: Kasey <kaeyb at GEOCITIES.COM>
Subject: Re: hello, anyone out there?!
>fubar = F***'ed up beyond all recognition.
Also:
F***'ed up beyond all repair :)
(Like when Windows crashes because of a bad disk sector :(
Greg Harris
11. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
Not so sure....
In Spain's Spanish we would say EMMO, "En mi modesta opinisn"...
Regards.
Jesus.
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM>
Para: Multiple recipients of list EUPHORIA <EUPHORIA at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Fecha: domingo 10 de mayo de 1998 21:33
Asunto: Re: hello, anyone out there?!
>>In My Humble Opinion (my guess) Jiri
>
>
>In spanish it would be EMHO, En Mi Humilde Opinion (literal translation).
>
>Regards,
> Daniel Berstein
> daber at pair.com
12. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Robert B Pilkington <bpilkington at JUNO.COM>
May 10, 1998
-
Last edited May 11, 1998
> They already answered IMHO. but in case your currious
>snafu = situation normal, all f*(&ed up.
>fubar = F***'ed up beyond all recognition.
>
>couple of my favorites (wich is good seing how often i find myself
>having use for them. :)
Oh, yeah.. I forgot FUBAR.... I just remembered:
FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
BRB Be Right Back
FYI For Your Information
BTW, does anybody know where "foobar" came from? It's always used in
programming examples ("foo" and "bar"), and I hear it came from FUBAR,
but I don't know how the U turned into OO. (I also heard the 'F' as
"fouled", instead of umm, you know... Makes the discussions uncensored.
:)
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13. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
>BTW, does anybody know where "foobar" came from? It's always used in
>programming examples ("foo" and "bar"), and I hear it came from FUBAR,
>but I don't know how the U turned into OO. (I also heard the 'F' as
IMHO OO <-- Object Oriented. K&R used fubar, Strous.. (whatever is he's
name) used foobar.
RTA, DB
(Regards To All, Daniel Berstein)
daber at pair.com
14. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
FOO ???
I just checked Microsoft's Compurt Dictionary:
foo. A string used by programmers in place of more specific information.
Variables or functions in code examples intended to demonstrate syntax,
as well as temporary scratch files,may all appear with the name "foo".
Likewise,a programmer may type "foo" to test a string input handler.
If a second placeholder string is needed,it will often be "bar",suggestin=
g
that the origin of both is the U.S. Army phrase FUBAR (an acronym which,
in discrete language, represent Fouled Up Beyond All Rrecognition/Repair)=
=2E
However,other origins have been claimed.
Now I'm "euphoric" to know if there are more explanations !
Karlheinz
15. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
>Whoever said "In my humble opinion" is right
>LOL is lots of laughs or laughing out loud
>Ummm... ROFL is rolling on (the) floor laughing
>
I always thought LOL meant "Little Old Lady". Do any of them read the
Listserv or use Euphoria?
Wally Riley
wryly at mindspring.com
16. Re: hello, anyone out there?!
- Posted by Arthur Adamson <euclid at ISOC.NET>
May 11, 1998
-
Last edited May 12, 1998
>I always thought LOL meant "Little Old Lady". Do any of them read the
>Listserv or use Euphoria?
And STLOL is Sharp Tongued Little Old Ladies...of which we have a
lot in my neighborhood....mostly bridge players.
Arthur P. Adamson, The Engine Man, euclid at isoc.net
