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4th October 2006, 10:58 PM
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Pet pieves...poorly conceived shorthand and improper acronyms that drive you crazy.
I`ll start with my all time fave...
Transformer.. xfmr or xfmer for short. Fine. Tranny? I`ve myself never seen one in audio use. They usually require tranny fluid and come with a gearshift. and Trafo. WTF is a trafo? ....oh, that`s fo eating while watching television. 
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5th October 2006, 05:46 AM
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Re: Pet pieves...poorly conceived shorthand and improper acronyms that drive you crazy.
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Trafo is a European thing - I think mainly German, possibly also of Dutch origing. Means transformer of course. I've also seen people use tranny for what seemed to be a transistor - all very confusing. Jan Didden
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5th October 2006, 06:19 AM
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Re: Re: Pet pieves...poorly conceived shorthand and improper acronyms that drive you
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5th October 2006, 06:54 AM
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5th October 2006, 07:09 AM
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Absolutely. It's haphazard spelling that gets up my nose.
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5th October 2006, 07:31 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Pet pieves...poorly conceived shorthand and improper acronyms that drive you
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Well, here where I live tranny stands for transvestite. Calling a transitor (or transformer) a tranny is a sure sign of lacking real-life education Jan Didden
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5th October 2006, 09:10 AM
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I just hate redundant acronyms, ATM machine, for instance.
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