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Yellow Bird in Easton, PA (1 Viewer)
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stonechat1
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Seconded, but please don´t use in future acronyms in this international forum if you can´t be sure that everyone is familiar with. Thank you.
The Falcon
Registered Birder
Nothing wrong with using acronyms, IMO, as long as the OP post the country (ie. USA).
Agree with the ID, BTW.
PA = Pennsylvania and strictly speaking is a abbreviation not an acronym. I can see how the state codes might be a nuisance to foreigners but they are second-nature to us in the States and nobody here thinks twice about using them. I think it would be a lost cause to try to persuade American BFers to spell out the state names at this point.
US banding codes, now that's another matter. I wish people would stop using those on BF as the few seconds it takes to decode the less obvious ones for those of us who don't have them memorized can be a real annoyance. And besides they look ugly on the page!
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stonechat1
New member
It seems that the sticky
is also a lost cause?? At his first two requests "zschagrin" followed this plea, but in the other two not anymore.
The Falcon
Registered Birder
I was simple referring that abbreviations can be used and (in the future) including the country, would resolve your issue with abbreviating states.
And you have to realize, like KC said, the OP is a newbie, so lets give him/her some slack.
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
The Falcon
Registered Birder
stonechat1
New member
"ROFL"It would make more sense if you replaced "acronym" with "abbreviation". :t:
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chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Acronyms / abreviations are fine as long as they don't include Salop, Glams, Nfk etc - and don't mention Jersey or WA. Right Josh? Stonechat just explained, politely, that, as this is a global forum, not everyone is familiar with abbreviated US state designations. Nothing to throw your toys out of the pram over.
Chris
Stonechat just explained, politely, that, as this is a global forum, not everyone is familiar with abbreviated US state designations. Nothing to throw your toys out of the pram over. Chris
To me its obvious, firstly the op has a US flag under his name, 2ndly, he then uses an abreviation of 2 letters. It gets a bit silly if we criticise the obvious. Ok, the Canadians sometimes use the 2 letter abreviation, but they don't have a PA, AFAIK so its obviously in the US.
Acronyms / abreviations are fine as long as they don't include Salop, Glams, Nfk etc - and don't mention Jersey or WA. Right Josh?
Not to mention Oxon, Cantab & the IOW. And I agree that too much is being made of this. I mean, WT*.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
stonechat1
New member
This fact doesn´t say anything about the location where the photo has been shot.
How should one know that it´s not short for e.g. Pembrokeshire Area?
It´s a bit odd to expect of foreign birders that there are familiar with your postal codes, abreviations of states, etc.
Isn´t it enough that we use a foreign language to communicate here? Are we enforced to know your local habits too just because I asked kindly to follow the sticky?
If the answer on my question is "yes" then I can say only "Congratulations, you guys can be proud to drive off a very dedicated birder from the forum!"
PS.: Isn´t it strange that in almost every case when the sticky isn´t followed it´s a person who has English as his/her native language?
Not really: See: One of your earlier posts although you were a member for 2 years when posted.
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=80986
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
I don't think an abbreviation like PA is any more out of place than any abbreviation like US, as long as there is no really strong possibility of ambiguity (the Washington/Western Australia dicotomy is a good example). All that is required of people (i.e. those reading the post) is to apply a little thought, and a bit of fuzzy logic. That is, look at the "Location: United States" below the OPs name, and therefore assume that the "PA" refers to someplace in North America; look up if necessary. I don't think that's too much to ask.
Peter C.
I prefer, in fact, having people use "NJ" over "Jersey" - that tripped my up, briefly, on an ID thread a while ago. If you're going to spell it out, and omit the "New" in front, for pity's sake, do it phonetically: JOI-sey. ||
Peter C.
I prefer, in fact, having people use "NJ" over "Jersey" - that tripped my up, briefly, on an ID thread a while ago. If you're going to spell it out, and omit the "New" in front, for pity's sake, do it phonetically: JOI-sey. |
|stonechat1
New member
Weird, I know my English isn´t the best but this phrase " The photo was made in a famous zoo of the nederlands: http://burgerszoo.nl" isn´t hard to understand I guess. It´s from post #3 of your link:
http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=835962&postcount=3
So what, FO?
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Hey! My daughter and grand-daughter's are Canadian. :C
Chris
BTW Peter. Which 'Washington', the original, the city or the state?
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