Spell it out - Please?
08-07-2017, 03:41 PM
#21
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I would love it if the meaning was put the very first time it is used. After that, I feel o.k. with them using the initialism in the text of the sentences, instructions, etc. At least if the meaning is at the beginning I can always look back to see what it means if I forget during the course of reading the entire text. (does any of what I said make sense?) 
08-07-2017, 05:19 PM
#22
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Agree totally with M. Elizabeth if it is, let's say , a report you are writing or work related and something you deal with daily. In re to this board and others similar it seems that probably would not work....there are always new people either joining or lurking , have no idea what the initialisms mean and lose interest in persuing their particular topic of interest. It just seems to me that the posts are so short, sometimes just a sentence or two that it doesn't seem asking too much to just write it out.
08-07-2017, 05:50 PM
#23
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In agree that everything should be spelled out at least once in a pattern or book. But on a board such as this we usually expect readers to be familiar with common quilting terms. And it's easy (and sometimes fun) to look up an acronym (or initialism). I had never heard the word 'initialism' - had to look it up. 
Just for fun, I looked up WOF with google and found a whole list of meanings, including 'width of fabric' -http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/WOF
One of the meanings - 'waste of flesh' - made me think that perhaps WOF could also mean 'waste of fabric' in our world. As in "that method of making HST's is a terrible WOF" (ROFL).
Now does everyone know what ROFL means? (I had to look it up the first time I saw it.)
Just for fun, I looked up WOF with google and found a whole list of meanings, including 'width of fabric' -http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/WOF
One of the meanings - 'waste of flesh' - made me think that perhaps WOF could also mean 'waste of fabric' in our world. As in "that method of making HST's is a terrible WOF" (ROFL).
Now does everyone know what ROFL means? (I had to look it up the first time I saw it.)
08-08-2017, 05:17 AM
#24
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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A while back, someone wrote a condolence note to a friend after the death of a loved one. He ended the note with LOL. Sounds strange to us, doesn't he. But when asked about it, he said it meant Lots of Love!
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