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Started by Norseman , Apr 13 2005 11:18 AM

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#1 Norseman

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Posted 13 April 2005 - 11:18 AM

What does IIRC and AFAIK mean?

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#2 Gubook Janggoon

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Posted 13 April 2005 - 06:26 PM

I know that it is off-topic but what does IIRC and AFAIK mean?

AFAIK= As far as I know

IIRC= If I recall corectly...

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#3 Norseman

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Posted 14 April 2005 - 08:14 AM

AFAIK= As far as I know

IIRC= If I recall corectly...

Thank you very much

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#4 HaSY

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Posted 14 April 2005 - 08:54 AM

ok...what is IMHO?

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#5 Norseman

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Posted 14 April 2005 - 09:47 AM

IMO is In My Opinion.So maybe IMHO is In My Humble Opinion? I am not sure.

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#6 Yun

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Posted 14 April 2005 - 09:48 AM

Yes, that's correct.

The dead have passed beyond our power to honour or dishonour them, but not beyond our ability to try and understand.

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#7 Koolasuchus

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Posted 14 April 2005 - 09:10 PM

ok...what is IMHO?

In my humble opinion.

You should try www.dictionary.com for its acronym finder.

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#8 General_Zhaoyun

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Posted 14 April 2005 - 09:34 PM

And OMG = Oh my god

"夫君子之行：靜以修身，儉以養德；非淡泊無以明志，非寧靜無以致遠。" - 諸葛亮

One should seek serenity to cultivate the body, thriftiness to cultivate the morals. If you are not simple and frugal, your ambition will not sparkle. If you are not calm and cool, you will not reach far. - Zhugeliang

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#9 hansioux

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Posted 14 April 2005 - 10:30 PM

Orz

Begging plea of the weak can only receive disrespect, violence and oppression as bestowments. Blood and sweat of the weak can only receive insult, blame and abuse as rewards.

Lai Ho, Formosan Poet

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#10 wuTao

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Posted 15 April 2005 - 01:18 AM

What does FTW stand for?

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#11 Koolasuchus

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Posted 17 April 2005 - 09:21 PM

What does FTW stand for?

FTW could stand for:
1.) Face the World
2.) Families than Work
3.) Feel the Wind
4.) Fight to Win
5.) Florida Tax Watch
6.) Flying Training Wing
7.) For the Win
8.) Forever two Wheels
9.) Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien

For the rest see http://www.acronymfi...act&Acronym=FTW :haha:

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#12 qrasy

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Posted 04 August 2005 - 05:13 AM

There are many persons' post which contain "from AE", "in AE" etc.
It seems it's a name of an online community, what is it actually?

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#13 DaMo

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Posted 04 August 2005 - 05:41 AM

AE="All Empires", a history web forum and info site .

"If an archeologist calls something a finial, he usually he has no idea what it is"
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#14 qrasy

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Posted 04 August 2005 - 09:58 AM

AE="All Empires", a history web forum and info site .

Thank you... I've known this site before (http://www.allempires.com) But somehow I didn't realize it. :huh:

I was curious about 'SQYY' in this post:

the link of Acronym Finder returns this:
0 possible definitions found for SQYY (in 0.109 secs)
Note: Acronym Finder has 0 definitions for SQYY

Edited by qrasy, 04 August 2005 - 10:03 AM.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. - JFK

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#15 Liang Jieming

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Posted 04 August 2005 - 10:39 AM

FTW could stand for:
1.) Face the World
2.) Families than Work
3.) Feel the Wind
4.) Fight to Win
5.) Florida Tax Watch
6.) Flying Training Wing
7.) For the Win
8.) Forever two Wheels
9.) Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien

10.) Fish that're Wet
11.) Free TaiWan
12.) Fantastic though wierd
13.) Fight Taliban War
14.) For the World
15.) Finally there's wisdom
16.) Fittest, toughest, Winners!
17.) Frightening the Women
18.) Friendships that Work
19.) First time Writing
20.) Flash, Thunder, Weather

*shrug*