shorthand? - CoasterBuzz

why is it that everyone uses shorthand when it comes to coasters and parks. like someone saying "i went on B:TR at SF:Gadv." yet we aren't allowed to use shorthand or abbreviations any other time?

*** This post was edited by DorneyDante on 8/15/2002. ***

Because that's just the way it is.

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We don't feel like writing Batman the Ride or Six Flasg Great Adventure... Would you?

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How about, because that's the jargon of our enthusiasm. Doctors use abbreviations when referring to procedures and medicines, sports fans say RBI, not runs batted in, etc. However, reading stuff like "u r 2 dumb 2 live" is just painful.

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Why do you have to have a license to own a dog, but not to have a child?

*** This post was edited by Mark W. Baruth on 8/15/2002. ***

And for one, spelling out Batman: The Ride is a lot different than spelling the word YOU.

How can anyone spell the word "do" wrong? Well, I don't know, but I saw it the other day.

edit-Mark beats me.
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Dude, due to doing to much Dew from my dewar I had to doo-doo and thuse dint have time to spell/grammar check. Mon Dieu! can I get a do-over?

jeremy

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You will get used to it. It would be nice for the newbies if there was a cross reference in the database for coasters and parks that was also searchable by abbreviation.

It takes a little while, but you will get it.

Speaking of abbreviations...what does (sic) mean? I have seen it several times and still dont understand what it means.

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NoLimitChic,

The (sic) is used when making a quote from printed word, wherein a word was misspelled. By placing (sic) after the incorrect word, it shows that the spelling error was in the original text, not in your quotation of it.

Example: The newspaper headline read, "Fire injers(sic) four apartment residents".

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Ok cool thanks EV! I get it now :) Thanks again!

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There is NoLimit when it comes to Roller Coasters.
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Although there are some nasty abbreviations. MF, BS...

And why is abbrieviated such a long word?

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*** This post was edited by S00perGIR on 8/16/2002. ***

And don't forget the classic WWW and LA holds the WR for the shortest abbreviated city name - something like 5.11%!

Sorry, it's way past my bedtime. ;)

IIRC from my Latin, "sic" is actually an abbreviation in itself...although I forget exactly what it means, EV is right in that it's something that notes the error was in the original quoted text.

Someday, we'll get around to creating TWO databases of abbreviations...one for coasters, the other for "netspeak"...

I get a hoot from the abbreviation TR: TR TR.

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2Hostyl said:

Dude, due to doing to much Dew from my dewar I had to doo-doo and thuse dint have time to spell/grammar check. Mon Dieu! can I get a do-over?

And this my friends is what weed can do to a brain ;)

thank you for erasing my post once again, and to think that there was some credibility to what i was saying, silly me.

*** This post was edited by DorneyDante on 8/17/2002. ***

Dorney,

What are you referring too?

Probably the posts he makes devoid of any capitalization or punctuation.

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"Let's stop saying 'don't quote me,' because if no one quotes you, you probably haven't said a thing worth saying." - Dogma, KMFDM