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Important question: why do some type SIM in all caps?
Aminom Marvin
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10-13-2007 14:12
I've seen the word SIM typed in all caps by quite a few on these forums and in-world. Seeing as sim is short for simulator, wouldn't SIM=SIMULATOR?

So why :V
Alicia Sautereau
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10-13-2007 15:08
cause caps are COOL and otherwise useless except with lsl
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10-13-2007 15:23
<----- is still waiting for the "Important question":
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10-13-2007 15:32
I will ask my ALT the next time he TPs in.
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10-13-2007 15:39
Yes. This question should be answered by the top people at LL.
A resident is concerned and needs answers, most importantly, we all need this answer or we may boycott the whole charade.
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10-13-2007 15:40
I NEVER TYPE sim LIKE THAT
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Annabelle Babii
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10-13-2007 15:43
It's actually an acronym... Simulator In Memory.
Alicia Sautereau
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10-13-2007 15:43
From: Sling Trebuchet
I NEVER TYPE sim LIKE THAT

it`s Sim, SiM, sIm or just plain old siM but noever SIM
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10-13-2007 15:50
From: Annabelle Babii
It's actually an acronym... Simulator In Memory.
Oh, I thought it stood for Server Inventory Mess.
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10-13-2007 16:06
simple. acronyms should be capitalized if they are to be grammatically correct.
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Hiro Queso
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10-13-2007 16:09
From: 3Ring Binder
simple. acronyms should be capitalized if they are to be grammatically correct.


It's a shame 'sim' is an abbreviation then, eh? :p
Walker Moore
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10-13-2007 16:15
Apparently, "simulator" *is* a valid definition of the acronym: SIM.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/SIM
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Hiro Queso
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10-13-2007 16:18
From: Walker Moore
Apparently, "simulator" *is* a valid definition of the acronym: SIM.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/SIM


But wouldn't you consider a word made from the first letters of *one* word to be an abbreviation before an acronym?
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10-13-2007 16:19
From: Annabelle Babii
It's actually an acronym... Simulator In Memory.

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10-13-2007 16:27
From: Walker Moore
Apparently, "simulator" *is* a valid definition of the acronym: SIM.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/SIM


I've just been looking at this site Walker, and I would advise to not reference it too seriously; they have abbreviations such as 'FBI' listed, which is clearly not an acronym.

However, I suppose an acronym is an abreviation anyway, and so will retract my teasing comment 3Ring :D
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10-13-2007 17:21
From: Hiro Queso
I've just been looking at this site Walker, and I would advise to not reference it too seriously; they have abbreviations such as 'FBI' listed, which is clearly not an acronym.

However, I suppose an acronym is an abreviation anyway, and so will retract my teasing comment 3Ring :D

acronym: a word formed from initials.
FBI = Federal Bureau of Investigations. definitely an acronym.
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10-13-2007 17:21
From: Aminom Marvin
I've seen the word SIM typed in all caps by quite a few on these forums and in-world. Seeing as sim is short for simulator, wouldn't SIM=SIMULATOR?

So why :V


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Hiro Queso
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10-13-2007 17:23
From: 3Ring Binder
FBI = Federal Bureau of Investigations. definitely an acronym.


It's not. An acronym is a word made from the first letters/syllables of other words. I'd be interested to hear how you pronounce 'fbi' as a word ;)
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10-13-2007 17:24
i pronounce it FBI
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10-13-2007 17:26
From: 3Ring Binder
i pronounce it FBI


NATO is an acronym because you pronounce it as a word, rather than spell out the letters. FBI is not an acronym because you spell out the letters.
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10-13-2007 17:27
you win.... but it's most definitely not an abbreviation. :p
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Walker Moore
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10-13-2007 17:29
From: 3Ring Binder
acronym: a word formed from initials.
FBI = Federal Bureau of Investigations. definitely an acronym.
FBI is not a word. FBI is an abbreviation.
SIM is a word. It's an acronym.

An acronym is actually a class of abbreviation. Example: SIM could also be considered an abbreviation, but FBI could never be considered an acronym.

This is GCSE English stuff. ;)

But anyway.
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Hiro Queso
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10-13-2007 17:30
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you win.... but it's most definitely not an abbreviation. :p


LOL! Well I think we both win. I'm pretty sure that 'sim' in SL is an abbreviation for 'simulator' rather than 'simulator in memory', but in the strictest sense, even an abbreviation of one word that forms another can be considered as an acronym.

Evens?

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Walker Moore
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10-13-2007 17:30
From: Hiro Queso
I've just been looking at this site Walker, and I would advise to not reference it too seriously; they have abbreviations such as 'FBI' listed, which is clearly not an acronym.
I did come very close to editing a disclaimer into my post. Something to the effect of "please tell me this site isn't written by Wikipedia types." :D

The "free" bit in the URL made me suspicious. ;)
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10-13-2007 17:36
after researching, FBI is an acronym, which is a form of an abbreviation, this particular form coming in at the initialism level. we are all right. WHEW! it took me a long time and some effort to be 'right' this time. LOLOL
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