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Acronyms have made word salad emails even more unreadable

Posted on 9/18/26 at 7:57 pm
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 9/18/26 at 7:57 pm
Is this deliberate so folks don’t read them and the ones that do, don’t comprehend them?


Example: random email from my kids school today











Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
12342 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:00 pm to
Try reading an H&P from a doctor. They just make up their own damn acronyms. The medical field already has enough, no need for new nonsense ones.
Posted by Kenna City Solja
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Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:00 pm to
Posted by LSUballs
Member since Feb 2008
40492 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:01 pm to
WTF?
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
51234 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:04 pm to
quote:

an H&P
you just made that up
Posted by BobABooey
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2004
16246 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:07 pm to
They’re just moving the confusion to the left.
Posted by BeerMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
9037 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:08 pm to
Had a C level who insisted on no acronyms. You send or present that shite and god help you. I miss her.
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
68923 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:19 pm to
Sounds like your taxes are going up
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

an H&P
you just made that up


Is that where the EHR shows we ordered DME?
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
17260 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:39 pm to
Those are initialisms, not acronyms BTW.
Posted by Booyow
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:46 pm to
DILLIGAF
Posted by Sams Crow
Idaho
Member since Apr 2026
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Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:48 pm to
quote:

Those are initialisms, not acronyms BTW.


Exactly, TLIs.
Posted by Celery
Nuevo York
Member since Nov 2010
11836 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 8:57 pm to
What’s the point of the acronym if you’re just gonna spell out the whole phrase right next to it. Pick one or the other(“POOTO”)
Posted by Herschal
USA
Member since Sep 2011
2433 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:02 pm to
Did they address what TE is?
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
33665 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:11 pm to
quote:

What’s the point of the acronym if you’re just gonna spell out the whole phrase right next to it. Pick one or the other(“POOTO”)

They are defining the initialism the first time they use it, then they use the initialism going forward. Ignoring the overuse of initialisms, that’s fairly standard practice.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
151827 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:26 pm to
quote:

Did they address what TE is?
no and it pisses me off
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
31367 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:29 pm to
You would crash out in the military. I had many conversations that were nothing but acronyms, variations of the word frick, and a few conjunctions.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
76632 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:31 pm to
When I become King acronyms will be outlawed.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
74135 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:33 pm to
Did this come from a PYT?
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
43098 posts
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:34 pm to
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