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Abbrevations.

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Shrikant, Aug 13, 2003.

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  1. Shrikant

    Shrikant Swords! Not words! Veteran

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    [​IMG] Was visiting candlekeep http://www.candlekeep.com/ and saw this abbrevation list.Since I am sure to forget them I've posted it here. Add whatever I've missed.


    Here's a list of some of the more common ones:

    AFAIK: As Far As I Know
    BTW: By The Way
    FWIW: For What It's Worth
    HAND: Have A Nice Day
    HTH: Happy To Help/Hope This Helps
    IDHT*IFOM: I Don't Have The * In Front Of Me
    IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
    IMC: In My Campaign
    IMO: In My Opinion
    IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
    IMNSHO: In My Not-So-Humble Opinion
    OTOH: On The Other Hand
    RSE/RAE: Realms Shaking Even/Realms Altering Event
    RTFM: Read The Effing Manual
    WRT: With Regard To
    YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary
    PHB: Player's Handbook
    DMG: Dungeon Master Guide
    TOM: Tome Of Magic
    C*H: Complete * Handbook
    CBO*: Complete Book Of *
    PO: Player's Option
    C&T: Combat & Tactics
    S&P: Skills & Powers
    Sp&M: Spells & Magic
    HLC: High-Level Campaigns
    FRA: Forgotten Realms Adventures
    F&A: Faiths & Avatars
    P&P: Powers & Pantheons
    DD: Demihuman Deities
    ESS: Empires of the Shining Sea
    LOI: Lands of Intrigue
    DOTU: Drow of the Underdark
    DDGttU: Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark
    COTH: Code of the Harpers
    COTD: Cult of the Dragon
    ROZK: Ruins of Zhentil Keep
    ROMD: Ruins of Myth Drannor
    FOMD: Fall of Myth Drannor
    ROU(2): Ruins of Undermountain (II)
    SotM Secrets of the Magister
    SoFS: Sea of Fallen Stars
     
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  2. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    My concern with this list is that, if I am unsure what an abbreviation means, I always go here (the link is also in your welcome message). I think most members restrict their abbreviation useage to that list, because if I have to look one up, it is usually there. So 6 months from now, if someone uses one of the above, and its not on the SP list (and there are quite a few that aren't), I'm probably not going to remember your list, and I'll still be confused (which happens pretty frequently anyway).

    Hope I'm not coming across as trying to moderate here, since I don't know what the admins' views are on this; this is just my personal opinion.
     
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] I'd have pointed out that we have our own list with many more abbreviations myself, so no error there. Not to mention that the majority on the list Shrikanth posted are never used on SP, so they're pretty pointless.

    Anyway, since this goes on the subject of abbreviations, the list of which is delivered in every Welcome PM on BoM, I'm moving this to SS and closing it.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 13, 2003
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