Abreviations
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Le Mans Master
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From: Belleville Il
In before (b4) the lock. When someone posts something not applicable to C5(on this section) or something stupid and outside the scope of the forum rules,,the moderators will catch it and "lock" the thread. Many will jump in and post an IB4TL for a quick hit for their post count. It's also kind of used as an editorial comment for a dumb or out of bounds thread once they have wasted their time to opened and read it!!
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Le Mans Master
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From: Morristown New Jersey
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Me too!! Just to make sure it's clear,,and you probably have noticed by now, that anytime some one adds a post to a thread it "bumps" that thread back to the top of the list,,thus the TTT and Bump. Some threads slow down or get slow responses,,and during active times can slip down the list pretty fast so the O.P. (original Poster) or some one will bump it back up so it's more likely to get a response.
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Simply by you posting in it. Hence, someone just posting "bump" or "ttt" and not even adding any relevant content. The threads are sorted by the most recent reply, thus, your "bump" would bring the thread "to the top" of the queue.
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Le Mans Master
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I just reread itzza's post. It goes to the top of the forum list...
Last edited by chasboy; Sep 26, 2011 at 07:08 PM. Reason: I'm thickheaded?
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From: Wauregan CT
What can be very apparent to some can be equally inobvious to others, and frankly that TTT was on my list of "Wannaknows", and now thanks to chasboy, my ship finally came in this evening and once again I feel all comfy in being informed. I already had Bump fingered out, but in general such points of information are not high up on my learning list.
I generally prefer to use the kings english and actually spell out what I mean so there can be no misunderstanding my intent. Using a keyboard makes it so easy to do in my humble opinion...
My main peeve on these forums isn't the crazy abbreviations, it's the careless spelling habits that go uncorrected and can alter the meaning of an technical explaination at the most inopportune time.
A past professor once instructed me to make sure I checked spelling on important communications since it was a sign of respect for the recipient. Of course these forums, by their very nature, do not require a ridgid adherence to english as taught...so swywawwfowthym....
I generally prefer to use the kings english and actually spell out what I mean so there can be no misunderstanding my intent. Using a keyboard makes it so easy to do in my humble opinion...
My main peeve on these forums isn't the crazy abbreviations, it's the careless spelling habits that go uncorrected and can alter the meaning of an technical explaination at the most inopportune time.
A past professor once instructed me to make sure I checked spelling on important communications since it was a sign of respect for the recipient. Of course these forums, by their very nature, do not require a ridgid adherence to english as taught...so swywawwfowthym....
Last edited by camburger; Sep 26, 2011 at 09:05 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Lone Star State
These things are not "obvious". Here is a site that can help in the future: http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/
LOL
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Le Mans Master
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From: Morristown New Jersey
Oldtimer
These things are not "obvious". Here is a site that can help in the future: http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/
Thanks, I'm now clear.
Thanks, I'm now clear.
