#865 Double You

Initials and acronyms continue to bedevil us. And with texting and computers it’s worse than ever.
I’ve been reading over applications for job applicants lately and I can tell you, you probably won’t get the job if you use the initials LOL or BTW in your resume. Also, make sure you avoid the initials for World Tennis Federation. I’ve had upright uptight librarian preacher’s wife types use those initials without a clue.
What’s That Frances?
Another initial observation: Recently one of our gubernatorial candidates got in trouble for using “G.O.P. Party” to identify his party affiliation on the ballot. The Democrats sued him, because they did a poll, which indicated more people would vote against him if he declared openly that he was a Republican.
“G.O.P.” obscured that fact with some people. The Dems said “Republican” was a damaged brand because of the economy and such.
I think it’s really, really sad that people aren’t paying enough attention to know that G.O.P. and Republican are the same thing. Should these people be voting?
Then again, I feel even sadder that the candidate for governor doesn’t know that G.O.P. traditionally stands for Grand Old Party and so when he says he prefers the G.O.P. Party he’s actually saying he prefers the Grand Old Party Party. Maybe he goes down to the Automated Teller Machine Machine to get out money for beer before the party starts.
Maybe the extra votes he gets advocating the Grand Old Party Party is because those voters think he’s a party animal.
Let’s vote for the guy who’s in the Party Party, dude.
Third initial observation: When are people going to stop using “www” when they talk about a website address? Is there anything else to expect in a web address? Can’t we just assume the www except in rare circumstances?
It sounds like when we were kids, when we would say we were from 222 D Street, Olympia, Washington, USA, the Earth, the Solar System, the Milky Way, the Universe.
Initially, I had a problem in grade school calling the darn letter a double U anyhow. It looked like a double V to me.
VVTF?
America, ya gotta love it.