Tag: t_abbr

##MixedCase, 2char abbr #FixD,BrE

Posted on by tiger40490

This bpost has two focuses.

— Mixed abbreviations are flexible.

  1. BrE .. break even
  2. ChnM… Note Chn is a well-established abbreviation, so ChnM is better than ChM
  3. DSnA .. DataStrucure and Algorithm
  4. MSff .. tolerable, but “MSOffice” is more common
    1. For MSOutlook, maybe use MSOL, but I’d rather use MSOutlook
  5. SGrn .. Singaporean. The “rn” can stand for “ren2”
  6. SiV .. silicon valley
  7. WStC

— Some of the two-letter abbreviations can benefit from mixed-case. Two-char abbreviations is often badly overloaded, so as much as possible, I want to use longer forms.

  • FB, HK, UK -> leave it as is
  • DP -> DynP
  • GC -> GCard
  • GS -> Goldman
  • IV (job Interview)? JIV, better than TIV (tech interview, because some interviews are not technical at all)
  • MD -> MgD, based on “mgr”
  • ML and AI .. let’s try to use “ML/AI” to emphasize ML,  or “AI/ML” to emphasize AI.
  • MS -> MSFT
  • NS -> SgNS
  • RP -> RffP = raffles place
  • RV -> ReVe = RecreationalVehicle
  • SA -> SumA
  • TD -> FixD, better than TimeD
  • ts -> tstmp
  • WC (West coast) -> WCBA. Note WC >> SBA > SiV [see ablove]. I like WCBA as a vague and flexible term

abbr scheme for Chinese name #J.P.Morgan

Posted on by tiger40490

!! Privacy protection… I don’t want to accidentally disclose a friend’s full name.

The scheme should aim to avoid awkwardly short and search-unfriendly abbreviations like HK, XR, YH, LS for my numerous short-named China friends.

Q: order of surname and given name? LG2

— Q: what if I want to blog about a person but I only know part of the name?
Just invent an abbrev like Tomas.XXX, Claris.XXX or XXX.Hou (for L.Hou’s dad)

— Q: Which part is more unique? I would say 90% probably the given name.

  • complication: Given name is often non-Chinese, and very common 🙁 So you may find a very common given name + a very common surname, like John Tan or David Li 🙁
  • complication: Chinese surname can be too-common 🙁
  • complication: For short Chinese names in pinyin, both the surname and given name are frequently too-common 🙁

Surname is sometimes unknown 🙁

— scheme 1a (eg Raymond.Teo): EnglishName.Surname #both can be abbreviated.
🙂 consistent with professional email address format
🙂 usable for non-Chinese names like “J.P.Morgan”

— scheme 1b ChineseGivenName.surname
both parts can be abbreviated, but maintain the structure.

— (unpopular) scheme 2 (eg LKY, YLZ): surname followed by givenName, one char each

abbr ] post(+recoll)titles

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my blog titles are becoming too long…

  • — symbols:
  • q[==] means basicallySameAs
  • q[=] means IS or ARE. Note before or after it, we can have hyphenated phrases, and there has been no ambiguity so far.
  • .. Obviously, a hyphenated phrase is a known phrase and contains no space.
  • ] means in
  • { means after
  • +/n mean and or with
  • @ means on or of or at
  • ` backtick without a trailing space means “-ing”
  • 2 means TO
  • 4 means FOR
  • !! means NO/NOT/WITHOUT
  • q[++] can mean “and beyond“
  • q[++] can mean “not only…“
  • — abbr
  • iwt = is worse than
  • imt = is more than
  • ilt = is less than, is lower than
  • Y means why
  • P1/P2 means Part1/Part2. This helps connect two blogposts.