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by **the omnian** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:06 pm

did anyone see the Great God Om (greatest of gods) smite the heretic steven?

remember om is always with us, 'he doesn't do anything, but might'

by **Tonyblack** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:02 am

All praise Him! :lol:

Not even sure what you're talking about, but welcome to the site anyhow.

by **Tonyblack** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:27 am

Ah ha! And now I do know what you mean. :lol:

Terry's fame is spreading. And so is Om's! :lol:

by **poohbcarrot** » Wed May 20, 2009 3:04 am

by **Jason** » Wed May 20, 2009 6:17 am

A person was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head.

by **poohbcarrot** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:41 am

Aha!

So what's CSI then?

by **Dotsie** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:14 am

It's telly - Crime Scene Investigation. Doing forensic magiks & whatnot to solve crimes in an exciting way.

I don't watch it by the way, so I'm just supposing all this from what others tell me

by **Jan Van Quirm** » Wed May 20, 2009 10:09 am

Does anyone else hate TLAs :evil:

(3 letter acronyms...

)

And yes eagles really do do that - the dropping that is. They don't differentiate on what they're dropping the tortoise on so long as it breaks the shell... :shock:

by **Batty** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:51 am

Jan Van Quirm wrote:Does anyone else hate TLAs (3 letter acronyms... )

It was once pointed out to me that an acronym is a word made from a series of initial letters or parts of a word; LASER, SWAT, SONAR, for example, wheras CSI, BBC, FBI et al is actually initialism.

Sorry to be a pedant. I think I need some chocolate!

by **Dotsie** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:39 pm

Aah interesting... so MRSA is an example of initialism in the UK, but it's an acronym in the US (at least I think so, since on House they pronounce it "mersa").

Pedant away, I love it :wink:

by **poohbcarrot** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:00 pm

So SWALK and PORWIGH are acronyms.

When Newcastle Poly became a university and they were thinking of names, they considered calling it City University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sadly they rejected it. :lol:

When in Thunderbirds they said FAB (what did it stand for?) was that an acronym or an initialism?

by **poohbcarrot** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:06 pm

...and if you pronounced CSI as "cussi", would it be an acronym? Or FBI as "fubi", or BBC as "bubuk?

Surely any initialism with a vowel can be made into an acronym, can't it? (apart from DIY and probably some others that I really can't be bothered to think about now)

How about BBQ?

by **Jan Van Quirm** » Wed May 20, 2009 2:12 pm

Batty wrote:It was once pointed out to me that an acronym is a word made from a series of initial letters OR parts of a word; LASER, SWAT, SONAR, for example, wheras CSI, BBC, FBI et al is actually initialism.

Highlights/emphasis mine own *bows* :wink:

Just to continue in the spirit of pendantry if it's either/or (or even and/or to get really stuck in) doesn't that still make a series of initial letters, such as CSI or BBC etc acronyms that are based on initialism?

It's all bolloxie jargon anyway and intended to make people ask what they stand for, or, to be even more accurate, sheer laziness and showing off.... :lol:

What's wrong with CUONUT anyway... :twisted:

by **Dotsie** » Wed May 20, 2009 3:07 pm

poohbcarrot wrote:When in Thunderbirds they said FAB (what did it stand for?) was that an acronym or an initialism?

It stood for "Full Acknowledgement of Broadcast", although I don't think they ever said that on the show. So they could have made the meaning up afterwards. And it's initialism. Although Thunderbirds was also fab as well :wink:

by **Tonyblack** » Wed May 20, 2009 3:50 pm

I'm pretty sure that Gerry Anderson himself has stated that F.A.B. didn't actually stand for anything - "fab" was just a popular word in the 60s when the show was made.

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