In article >,
Robert Klute > wrote:


> It is the entropy of laziness - now a days people are in too much of a
> hurry to spell things out or assume that since they know what the
> acronym is 'everyone' should know what it is. I suppose one could also
> attribute it to the decline of literacy brought on by SMS and twitter.
>
> Used to be it was bad form not to accompany an acronym with the the
> phrase fully spelled out the first time it was used in a communication.
>
> for example: HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) ... or
> Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) ...

or SMS?

Stupid Maniacal Suiciders?

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA