Guest guest Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 I would suggest that anyone who is having trouble with acronyms use one of the online instant messaging dictionaries as a first source. One fairly good source is netlingo http://www.netlingo.com/ You can type in the acronym in the search function or click on a letter to see all the acronyms and special language that is in current use. For the medical ones such as UTI, try an online medical resource such as http://www.webmd.com/ One problem with trying to create a dictionary for the group is that there are so many acronyms. Organizing them in a way that would be useful to everyone would be difficult without being able to make webpages and make it searchable. Also, acronym use, like anything with the internet, is an ever changing target. Keeping the list up to date would be a full time job. IMHO, Margee IMHO--in my humble opinion Smileys can be found at http://members.aol.com/bearpage/smileys.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 Thanks Margee, this is really helpful! --- Margee wrote: > I would suggest that anyone who is having trouble > with acronyms use > one of the online instant messaging dictionaries as > a first > source. One fairly good source is netlingo > http://www.netlingo.com/ > You can type in the acronym in the search function > or click on a > letter to see all the acronyms and special language > that is in > current use. > > For the medical ones such as UTI, try an online > medical resource > such as http://www.webmd.com/ > > One problem with trying to create a dictionary for > the group is that > there are so many acronyms. Organizing them in a > way that would be > useful to everyone would be difficult without being > able to make > webpages and make it searchable. Also, acronym use, > like anything > with the internet, is an ever changing target. > Keeping the list up > to date would be a full time job. > > IMHO, > Margee > IMHO--in my humble opinion > Smileys can be found at > http://members.aol.com/bearpage/smileys.htm > > > > ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 Thanks Margee, this is really helpful! --- Margee wrote: > I would suggest that anyone who is having trouble > with acronyms use > one of the online instant messaging dictionaries as > a first > source. One fairly good source is netlingo > http://www.netlingo.com/ > You can type in the acronym in the search function > or click on a > letter to see all the acronyms and special language > that is in > current use. > > For the medical ones such as UTI, try an online > medical resource > such as http://www.webmd.com/ > > One problem with trying to create a dictionary for > the group is that > there are so many acronyms. Organizing them in a > way that would be > useful to everyone would be difficult without being > able to make > webpages and make it searchable. Also, acronym use, > like anything > with the internet, is an ever changing target. > Keeping the list up > to date would be a full time job. > > IMHO, > Margee > IMHO--in my humble opinion > Smileys can be found at > http://members.aol.com/bearpage/smileys.htm > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 Thank you, Margee! Elliot -- In LBDcaregivers , " Margee " <margee20@c...> wrote: > I would suggest that anyone who is having trouble with acronyms use > one of the online instant messaging dictionaries as a first > source. One fairly good source is netlingo > http://www.netlingo.com/ > You can type in the acronym in the search function or click on a > letter to see all the acronyms and special language that is in > current use. > > For the medical ones such as UTI, try an online medical resource > such as http://www.webmd.com/ > > One problem with trying to create a dictionary for the group is that > there are so many acronyms. Organizing them in a way that would be > useful to everyone would be difficult without being able to make > webpages and make it searchable. Also, acronym use, like anything > with the internet, is an ever changing target. Keeping the list up > to date would be a full time job. > > IMHO, > Margee > IMHO--in my humble opinion > Smileys can be found at http://members.aol.com/bearpage/smileys.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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