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minus-squareCephalotrocitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·edit-24 days agoThis article does that annoying thing where it uses acronyms Initialisms without previously using the full verbiage at least once. BEV - Battery-Electric Vehicle NGDV - Next Generation Delivery Vehicle LLV - Long Life Vehicle
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·4 days agoInitialisms, technically. But thank you nevertheless.
minus-squareGlemek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days agoTIL about initialisms, which are like acronyms but when you pronounce the initial letters individually instead of like a spelled out word. DVD being an initialism, versus SCUBA being an acronym.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·4 days agoWho the hell calls a BEV a woman’s name? Bev sounds like you’re shortening Beverly. BEV and you know it’s a vehicle.
minus-squarerebelsimile@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days agoGood point, why say BEV when you could say BEV
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoAnd yet there’s no <initialism> html tag, and it hurts me.
minus-squareEmerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoTo be fair I immediately assumed NGDV was Next Generation Delivery Vehicle. idk how, I just did
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-24 days agoTo translate further: BEV - self explanatory never mind NGDV - Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, The new mail truck that looks like a duck LLV - The Grumman Long Life Vehicle, the classic mail truck. and as a bonus FFV - The Ford-Utilimaster Flexible Fuel Vehicle, the early 2000s mail truck that looks like the LLV that you buy from wish.
This article does that annoying thing where it uses
acronymsInitialisms without previously using the full verbiage at least once.BEV - Battery-Electric Vehicle
NGDV - Next Generation Delivery Vehicle
LLV - Long Life Vehicle
Initialisms, technically. But thank you nevertheless.
TIL about initialisms, which are like acronyms but when you pronounce the initial letters individually instead of like a spelled out word. DVD being an initialism, versus SCUBA being an acronym.
Eh, BEV could go either way
Who the hell calls a BEV a woman’s name?
Bev sounds like you’re shortening Beverly. BEV and you know it’s a vehicle.
Good point, why say BEV when you could say BEV
TOMATO vs [tʰə̥ˈmeɪɾoʊ]
And yet there’s no <initialism> html tag, and it hurts me.
fixed ty
To be fair I immediately assumed NGDV was Next Generation Delivery Vehicle. idk how, I just did
To translate further:
BEV - self explanatory never mind
NGDV - Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, The new mail truck that looks like a duck
LLV - The Grumman Long Life Vehicle, the classic mail truck.
and as a bonus
FFV - The Ford-Utilimaster Flexible Fuel Vehicle, the early 2000s mail truck that looks like the LLV that you buy from wish.
Wtf