Posted by Eric Abraham on March 18, 2011 at 15:06:51 user EricAbraham.
In Reply to: Re: acronyms (was Tarboard black hole?) posted by Elizabeth on March 16, 2011 at 16:16:33:
Once upon a time, an acronym was only used after the full phrase had been used and the acronym was indicated in parenthesis. Now it becomes a language only for the "in crowd". Another indicator of laziness? It seems that Mr. Ransome used few acronyms such as AP for Aged Parent; but only after it was made clear what it meant.