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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.
Gordon.
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.
Gordon.
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.
Gordon.
Pompous pair of posturing, pedantic p*^#>s!:D
Decidedly
Obnoxious
Ossified
Reprehensible
Silly
Temperamental
Old
Pedant.:p
(But I' m still proud to call you my friend.I Hope!)
:D
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.
Cheers - Neil
Some more computer names:
IBM = Itty Bitty Machines
IBM = Instutute of Broken Marriages
IBM = In Business for Money
IBM = I've Been Moved
Gordon.
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).
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.:D
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