I find that amongst the most confusing acronyms is the almost instance that our USA (sorry United States of America) based posters use the 2 letter United States Postal Service abbreviations for the names of very proud states in their nation.
As yet I don't have any tree members that chose to go to /were sent to the new world so I just ignore most of the post even when it includes one of the names I'm interested in. Incidentally was born in Lincs went to Leics to live but visited my uncles in Warks, Yorks, Salop & Herts before my parents & I moved to WA then SA but have visited Qld and have frunds un Un Zud and Soth Efrika. Off my soap box now! Peter Holmes Western Australia [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Pinchbeck, Donington and then Leicestershire), DAVISON (Donington), CRAGG (Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire), RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Gosberton, Gosberton Clough)] [Villages are in Lincolnshire] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom > Montgomery > Sent: Friday, 24 March 2006 02:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Use ENGLISH > > I believe that common courtesy would disallow the use of acronyms in > these messages? To make someone go to a website to translate a message > is imposing on others. I am a senior, as many listers are, not a 20 year > old using a handheld device to connect with my buddies. If the message > contains acronyms I simply delete without reading and continue on. > > TomM Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
