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. 😀
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. 😀
Re: Pet pieves...poorly conceived shorthand and improper acronyms that drive you crazy.
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
rcavictim said:
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
Re: Re: Pet pieves...poorly conceived shorthand and improper acronyms that drive you
Yes, German. Tranny for transistor is British, but I've never heard anyone abbreviate SY's word to tranny.
janneman said:
Yes, German. Tranny for transistor is British, but I've never heard anyone abbreviate SY's word to tranny.
Re: Re: Re: Pet pieves...poorly conceived shorthand and improper acronyms that drive you
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
EC8010 said:
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
Does that make someone who wants to find out what effect a pair of amplifiers would have in his system "bi-curious"?
pinkmouse said:
Things that irritate me is for instance when they say: Your IC's are shipping. Its the company that ships, NOT the IC! Or in announcement of new products: XYZ is now sampling. It isn't sampling (unless it is a sampling amplifier 😉 but it is the company that provides samples. But I guess the microseconds saved by this mutilation of language are critical in today's world...
Jan Didden
pinkmouse said:
How about all those cars that now come with plastic brakes? ABS Brakes.
If they meant `Antilock Braking System` then surely they wouldn`t place the word Brakes after the acronym. What a bunch of stupid Fire trUCKerS!
Bas Horneman said:
By golly Bas, you are right! My bad. I merely copied the spelling of this word from the other similar thread instead of thinking.
BTW, how do you get your pet peeves to use the litter box?
😀
EC8010 said:
I`ve never heard that term as misuse of `pc board`.
The term is probably correct. I`ll just bet there is a Board that is mandated to regulate PCB`s.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Pet pieves...poorly conceived shorthand and improper acronyms that dr
That's probably why I like Holland so much- it's just like San Francisco.
To avoid irritating EC8010 ("'He's only grumpy when he's awake"), I have fixed the spelling of the thread title.
janneman said:
That's probably why I like Holland so much- it's just like San Francisco.
To avoid irritating EC8010 ("'He's only grumpy when he's awake"), I have fixed the spelling of the thread title.
Since my wife and I both work and the kids go to school we decided not to get pets. That way the pets would not
get peeved that we'd be away most of the time... 🙂
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Thanx Sy!
SY said:
Thanx Sy!
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So, Bob... is it true your name is the same spelled forwards and backwards?
Anna: "Did Otto peep?" Otto: "Did Anna?"
So, Bob... is it true your name is the same spelled forwards and backwards?
Anna: "Did Otto peep?" Otto: "Did Anna?"
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