Comments on: Down with the acro-stocracy http://www.davosnewbies.com/2007/10/05/down-with-the-acro-stocracy/ A year-round Davos of the mind, written since 1999 by Lance Knobel Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug http://www.davosnewbies.com/2007/10/05/down-with-the-acro-stocracy/comment-page-1/#comment-160260 Doug Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:27:00 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/2007/10/05/down-with-the-acro-stocracy/#comment-160260 ... or maybe with TR, who requested a TLA ASAP but didn't get one, even after he left the WH. … or maybe with TR, who requested a TLA ASAP but didn’t get one, even after he left the WH.

]]> By: jaywalker http://www.davosnewbies.com/2007/10/05/down-with-the-acro-stocracy/comment-page-1/#comment-158276 jaywalker Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:57:10 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/2007/10/05/down-with-the-acro-stocracy/#comment-158276 Labeling is only bewildering to the outsider. French has a tendency to be long-winded. Perfect for diplomacy and love but detrimental to speedy communication. Hence the acronyms. It is much easier on the tongue to talk about HEC Paris instead of Hautes Ecoles Commerciales de Paris. And it is nifty to write K7 for cassette (already obsolete). As far as trademark initials are concerned, I think it started with a certain FDR ... Labeling is only bewildering to the outsider. French has a tendency to be long-winded. Perfect for diplomacy and love but detrimental to speedy communication. Hence the acronyms. It is much easier on the tongue to talk about HEC Paris instead of Hautes Ecoles Commerciales de Paris. And it is nifty to write K7 for cassette (already obsolete).

As far as trademark initials are concerned, I think it started with a certain FDR …

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