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NewGRF Acronyms in themselves
Posted: 23 Dec 2015 00:03
by Awesometrains
what is this called when an acronym's first letter stands for itself
ex . FIRS (FIRS Industry Replacement Set)
or
CHIPS (CHIPS Has Improved Player's Stations)
or
NUTS (NUTS Unrealistic Train Set)
theres problably more , but what is this 'pattern' called?
Re: NewGRF Acronyms in themselves
Posted: 23 Dec 2015 00:17
by _dp_
Re: NewGRF Acronyms in themselves
Posted: 23 Dec 2015 07:24
by andythenorth
Some people also call it 'stupid' and 'not amusing'
Re: NewGRF Acronyms in themselves
Posted: 23 Dec 2015 07:28
by Sylf
YETI Extended Towns and Industries
FISH is SHips
RAWR Absolute World Replacement
CATS Adaptive Train Stations
DOOM Obscenely Oversized Machinery
PURR Universal Rainbow Rails
BRIX - ?
(not all these sets have been released so far)
Re: NewGRF Acronyms in themselves
Posted: 23 Dec 2015 08:03
by 3iff
I carefully avoided this problem with SPI (Stock Piled Industries). Perhaps it was because I couldn't think of anything better.
Re: NewGRF Acronyms in themselves
Posted: 23 Dec 2015 17:43
by Awesometrains
somehow , without searching for it , I ended up on the TARDIS Page I think it was
See Also > Circular Logic > Parodox > Casualty Loop > Time Travel > Time War > Time War (Doctor Who) > TARDIS
see , enough clicking in see also gets you to something irrelevant , if I went further I might get on a page about elephants
LOL
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Thankyou for answer , ill delete topic if nobody else makes a post today