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spiral78
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 Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:54 am Post subject: Acronyms and Initialisms: Suggested Reading for All Newbies |
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They're a fairly important feature of our profession, and knowing them can mark out a newbie from an old hand.
Let's list.
May I request a thread rule, please?
ONE ACRONYM/INITIALISM PER POST ONLY.
That's because it would be interesting to see how many we come up with - I'm expecting pages and pages  .
I'll start off with a really basic one:
TEFL - Teaching English as a Foreign Language
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Sashadroogie
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Sashadroogie
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Sashadroogie
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Sashadroogie
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Sashadroogie
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Sashadroogie
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Sashadroogie
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Sashadroogie
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johnslat
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As a kind of "sub-topic" - acronyms that became words.
SNAFU (I will refrain from giving the meaning as this is a family-orientated forum )
Regards,
John |
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