acronyms r us
Something I actually said to someone at work today:
'Where was the last FDR meeting held? I'm looking for a place for EPAN. Oh, and is it ok if I come to your PCD meeting next week?'
The weird thing is, he understood exactly what I was talking about.
posted by Becca | 6:50 pm
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Interesting. Personally, I use some of those sometimes, well not your specific ones, but I mean if I talk about an organization or a disorder or something.
It's worse when they are French and you have to remember whether to translate them or not. I quite like UPU: the Universal Postal Union. [http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue2/0205p72.html]
Hmm...Where was the last FDR meeting held?
Umm...Yalta? No, probably Camp David.
Gosh, it must be a public sector/non-profit scourge. I even have an acronym dictionary for lay-people!
Thanks you lot, glad to know it's not just me!
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