How is "Mbyte" pronounced? Is there anyone pronouncing it as ... as "mega-byte", when it is supposed to mean "1000 Kbytes"? No. People who mean exactly 1000 kb rather

I fear His Lordship is unavailable. We will have to carry on without him. But-t-t-t . . . most of the examples you give do seem to be abbreviations consisting of proper names or ... more context. By "jargon" don't most people usually

(snip refutal/rebuttal/embarrassing crushing destruction of my premise) I beg leave to withdraw, M'Lud. But-t-t-t . . . most of the examples you give do seem to be abbreviations consisting of proper names or normal words that are

dic's Please write in English. "Dic" is an Authorised AUE Abbreviation and has been for yarzlike. Ross Howard

I've recently learned that the American Psychological Association publishes style-guidance works. The home page for that topic is http://www.apastyle.org/ , ... . I especially like the latter source because it agrees in general with the things

That's the standard US name for the holiday - it's ... with an apostrophe. Happy New Years! Sounds horrible to me. It should be "New Year's", an abbreviation of "New Year's Day". This use of "New

ObAue: "New Years"? I would have expected "New Year", not ... it as a plural, but it seemed odd to me. That's the standard US name for the holiday - it's not plural AFAICT, just an idiom which may have descended from a

... }> Smart fellow. The road to denying the historicity of things }> other people are convinced a generation or ... mind. I'm lovin' it. Now tell me you didn't look at the list of abbreviations to come to that conclusion. Nope.

... }> Smart fellow. The road to denying the historicity of things other people }> are convinced a generation or two before of the historicity of goes }> nowhere productive. (ObAUE: PTS) } } I'm sure I've encountered a more

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