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  • 工作学习 / English / Ask a stupid question: What is "DIY" for? -jabber(jabber); 2001-3-30 (#38823@0)
    • Di It Yourself -per(per); 2001-3-30 (#38825@0)
    • Double Income a Year -guest:好想成为劳动人民呀！; 2001-3-30 (#38833@0)
    • Last time when I asked what were FN, LP, or ME, I was told they were as simple as DIY. And when I asked what was DIY, I was told I could understand it If I were an real IT guy. Man, you have full freedom to interprete it. -wjiang(wjiang); 2001-3-30 (#38848@0)
      • BTY, pls explain what mean 'ME' and what's the exact meaning of 'wavier'? thx. -guest:; 2001-3-30 (#38888@0)
        • ME: Medical Examination; Waiver: 免除 (免面试) -bloor(bloor); 2001-3-30 (#38889@0)
        • what's BTY? -guest:; 2001-3-30 (#39015@0)
          • misspell, BTY -- BTW (by the way) -guest:; 2001-3-30 (#39026@0)
    • 建议班竹做个移民常用字字典吧，这样对新来的朋友很有帮助的 -guest:; 2001-3-30 {96} (#39017@0)
      除了一写常用的英文字外，也应对论坛上常用的中文字作解释，如"劳工"、"腐败"、"钢管"........等
    • 一直不懂什么是 "DIY", "BTW", "ME"，但却不好意思问，谢谢jabber,现在终于清楚了。 -cinder(cinder); 2001-3-30 (#39099@0)
      • DIY=Donkey In Yard, BTW=Butt Toward West, ME=Mental Eche -wjiang(wjiang); 2001-3-30 (#39103@0)
        • haha, it is funny, thank you . -cinder(cinder); 2001-3-30 (#39109@0)
          • ME=Mad Eglington -wjiang(wjiang); 2001-3-30 (#39122@0)
        • Dancing In Yongestreet, Butt Towards Wjiang -eglington(eglington); 2001-3-30 (#39111@0)
        • 误导 -389(coco); 2001-3-31 (#39206@0)
      • Dear Cinder, I can assure that only BTW makes sense in good English writing. In some specfifc context, people may understand "ME". As for "DIY", please forget about it. -jabber(jabber); 2001-3-31 (#39251@0)
        • DIY is common used in English, in magzines you can find many DIY tips i.e. DIY doctor, for those non-experts -guest:DIY; 2001-3-31 (#39253@0)
          • Dear Guest, I can assure you that BTW is the widely used one. -jabber(jabber); 2001-3-31 {632} (#39283@0)
            Indeed, I have seen "DIY" only in this forum. Sorry for my ignorance.

            I have been using English for some time. One of my baseline is to assume that my audience has zero background in the topic I talk about.
            I have been trying to avoid using terms like LP, and ME. If we get used to using acronyms, it will not do good to improving our language.

            Here are some examples. As I do job interviews, I always say Active Server Pages instead of ASP, Message-Oriented Middleware instead of MOM, Enterprise JavaBeans instead of EJB. Of course, I aim at arguing away those interviewers.

            I suggest not embracing "DIY".
            • read #37405, what's DB?what's OO? -guest:guest; 2001-3-31 (#39286@0)
              • Thank you for pointing out my abuse of acronyms. -jabber(jabber); 2001-3-31 {75} (#39306@0)
                Indeed, it's a difficult thing to handle these acronyms. Thank you again.
        • you are so kind, thank you. -cinder(cinder); 2001-4-1 (#39468@0)
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