Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small writes in part: > At 03:15 PM 11/23/2006, R S wrote: > >The International Zone is normally referred to as 'IZ' . > >You'll find a lot of journalists hanging out there and they tend > to refer tothe IZ as the GZ (or 'Green Zone'). > >Odds are the food was provided by KBR. > > Avoid ALL acronyms, abbreviations, and > initialisms unless you spell them out at first > use, as in "the International Zone in Baghdad > (hence, "IZ")" or "the Green Zone in Baghdad > (hence, "GZ")" or "KBR (formerly a Halliburton > subsidiary originally known as Kellogg, Root, and Brown (?))" or > the like. > > The problem with using abbreviations is that they > speak only to a few of those receiving the > message. Clarity in communications is > everything. Abbreviations impede clarity by > restricting the exchange of information to "those in the know". > > > Clarity, clarity, clarity. > > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! Along these lines, what the hell does "Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!" actually mean? For a hamburger I will gladly pay you Tuesday? Exit stage right? Yabadabadoo? Greg J. Lorenzo Calgary, Alberta