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Originally Posted by kalee20
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Originally Posted by Skywave
On the other hand, many years ago I met the phrase 'Don't push the river'. That had me scratching my head for a long time, until I discovered that, in essence, it translates to 'go with the flow' - and as such, for me, 'Don't push the river' is a better way of expressing the same concept. The mental image that it creates is vivid and concise.
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I get the idea - like 'Don't swim against the tide.'
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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki
Laziness has a place though...write policeman or metropolis when cop and city are quicker to type?"
I like this attitude. Same goes for using acronyms. Why type "Regular Production Option" when you can type RPO?
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And like the title of this thread, why write (you know what) when you can just write PCB?
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PCB - Poly Chlorinated Biphenyl. The cancerous liquid they used as insulating filling for high voltage transformers on the grid.
There are all sorts of possibilities for communication confusion if you use TLA's, or acronyms of any sort.
Craig