Victor,

  I appreciate the point you are trying to make here as well as the perspective you bring. I respect as I'm sure all who are regulars to the forum do, the intelligent and thoughtful persective you have provided on numerous occasions. You are very generous when it comes ot assisting others in the forum with the volume of knowledge you posses but I must disagree with part of what you are saying. I feel that we in the forum communicate better via the acronyms, they are every bit a part of "our" vocabulary as the acronyms used by flight controllers in Mission Control at NASA.  I don't think you would expect them to "spell it out" every time they have a conversation. I'm not trying to "nitpick" the point you make just responding. As I said I feel that we have certain acronyms that allow us to communicate in an effective manner, I understand that those who have no knowledge of our industry are NOT going to understand them but then again how many people outside the industry are going to be involved in the forum? I also  understand your point about being better communicators to the outside, but in those cases I can see where educating them will enable them to understand the severity of "need" we have in the industry. In closing I am just pointing out my perspective of the thread, not trying to bash it. I am interested to hear your response.

LOL

Actually, when I first started surfing the internet the acronym LOL came up often.  I was ignorant so I had to look it up.

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PJM

You've convinced me Victor! I am certainly not familiar with all of the acronyms used in our industry and I've had to consult Google at times to understand them. In writing at work I'm required to spell it out the first time with the acronym in parentheses and I'll try to remember to do this for the Forum.

Post Script (PS): This is an example

grrun

Dear all,

I agree it is sometime hard to always keep in mind to spell it out. Maybe a compromise to try to spell it out one time as required in good scientific papers. To be onest it is a type of ignorance, though mostly not intentionally.
I often have problems to understand the posts if full of acronyms. Often even one is enough to be unsure what is meant. Sometimes confusion is generated with acronyms with more then one meaning like PAC (polyaluminum chloride or powdered activated carbon).
We all will benefit from time to time if the posters will handle the acronyms carefully.

Victor, by the way, I am not familiar with what is meant by 'one of my pet peeves' Maybe in German 'Steckenpferd' ?

Kind regards
T. Sobisch

Nevertheless,

it happens in German one wishes 'Hals- und Beinbruch' (neck and legbreak) .. 'all the best' and it comes from skiing not from wastewater treatment at all

Titus

Sic [not an acronym] Latin: thus; so (not a mistake and is to be read as it stands)

SIC Standard Industrial Classification
SIC Safety Inspection Checklist
SIC Safety Interlock Circuit
SIC Salmon in the Classroom (University of Washington)
SIC San Isidro Club (rugby; Argentina)
SIC Sanctuary in Chaos (gaming)
SIC School Improvement Council
SIC Science in Context
SIC Scientific Instrument Commission
SIC Scottsdale Insurance Company
SIC Sea Ice Concentration
SIC Second In Command (aviation)
SIC Securities Information Center
SIC See Inside Cover
SIC Self Inspection Checklist
SIC Self-Interaction Correction
SIC Self-Intermittent Catheterization
SIC Semaine Internationale du Cerveau (French)
SIC Semantic Integrity Constraints (Telcordia)
SIC Senate Intelligence Committee
SIC Sepang International Circuit (Malaysia)
SIC Sergeant in Charge
SIC Serial Interference Cancellation
SIC Serial Interrupt Controller
SIC Service Informatique Central (French)
SIC Service Interface Card
SIC Shafston International College
SIC Shareware Industry Conference
SIC Shetland Islands Council
SIC Sicily/Sicilian
Sic Siculian (linguistics)
SIC Siecor (optical cable)
SIC Signal, Image, Communications
SIC Silence Implies Consent
SIC Silence Is Consent
SiC Silicon Carbide
SIC Silicon Integrated Circuit
SIC Simple Instance Creator
SIC Single Input Change
SIC Single Integrated Concept
SIC Sister in Christ
SIC Sisters in Crime
SIC Smoke in Cabin (aviation)
SIC Snapshot and Incremental Capture (storage technique)
SIC Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (Portuguese TV Channel)
SIC Società Italiana di Cardiologia
SIC Società Italiana di Chirurgia
SIC Societe International de Chirurgie (French: International Society of Surgery)
SIC Sodankylä Ion Chemistry
SIC Soft Interference Cancellation
SIC Somewhere in Canada
SIC Sonar Information Center
SIC Spacecraft Identification Code
SIC Spatial Information Clearinghouse
SIC Special Intelligence Correlator (segment)
SIC Special Interest Code
SIC Special Investigation Committee
SIC Special Issues Committee
SIC Specialty and Intermediary Chemical
SIC Specific Inductive Capacity
SIC Spelling Is Correct
SIC Sprint Internet Center
SIC Standard Industry Codes
SIC Standard Interface Connector
SIC Standing Interpretations Committee (International Accounting Standards)
SIC State Information Center
SIC State Investment Corporation
SIC State Investment Council
SIC Station Information Computer
SIC Stochastic Inventory Control (supply chain management)
SIC Stop Infant Circumcision
SIC Strategic Integration Council
SIC Structural Influence Coefficient
SIC Structural Integrity Checking
SIC Structured Intellectual Capital
SIC Student Information Commission
SIC Student Initiated Course
SIC Studies in Informatics and Control
SIC Subject Identifier Code
SIC Subject Indicator Code
SIC Subscriber Interface Controller
SIC Subtractive Interference Cancellation
SIC Successive Interference Cancellation
SIC Super Intelligence Corps
SIC Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (Colombia)
SIC Supporto Informatico Campus
SIC Survey Information Center
SIC Survival Instructor Course
SIC Suspected Irregular Conduct
SIC Swiss Interbank Clearing
SIC Sympathetic Interpreter of Commands
SIC Syrian Information Center (website)
SIC System Identification Code
SiC System in A Cube
SIC System Integration Contractor
SIC System Integrity Control
SIC Systeme d'Information et de Communication
SIC Systèmes d'Information et Conception (French)
SIC Systemes Integres Cognitifs (French: Integrative Cognitive Systems)
SIC Systems Integration Center
SIC Systems Internal Communication