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Xena E:
Any acronyms, edit: or abbreviation, (so we dont piss off Tim Fox or give him reason to be a pedant and pick holes in peoples posts), that have not been fully elucidated in the first instance in conversation, or text.

Example: "...he drives an ST..."

Sanitary towel?  :-//

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Ranayna:

--- Quote from: calzap on November 13, 2024, 01:39:31 am ---My car has ABS brakes.

--- End quote ---
Interesting...
In Germany, ABS is "Antiblockiersystem", i would translate that to Anti Blocking System, even keeping the abbreviation. So ABS Brakes might have slipped in with translations.

calzap:

--- Quote from: Ranayna on November 13, 2024, 11:29:25 am ---
--- Quote from: calzap on November 13, 2024, 01:39:31 am ---My car has ABS brakes.

--- End quote ---
Interesting...
In Germany, ABS is "Antiblockiersystem", i would translate that to Anti Blocking System, even keeping the abbreviation. So ABS Brakes might have slipped in with translations.

--- End quote ---
You could be right.  Anti-lock braking system for cars was invented in Germany.  So, the ABS abbreviation may have been imported and English words to match established.

eutectique:
I shudder at the word "drinkability".

TimFox:

--- Quote from: eutectique on November 14, 2024, 05:28:08 pm ---I shudder at the word "drinkability".

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There is an ancient New Yorker cartoon where an advertising writer is watching a swan swim by and coins the word "floatability".

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