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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Midnight on January 20, 2001, 04:37:00 AM
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Here are some...
AH = Aces High
AW = Air Warrior
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
BBS = Buletin Board Service/System
BH = Bomber Hanger
FH = Fighter Hanger
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
LMAO = Laughing My Arse Off
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
VH = Vehicle Hanger
WB = War Birds
WTF = What The F (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/eek.gif)ck
WTG = Way To Go (Insert F before G for F (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/eek.gif)cking)
YOYO = You're On Your Own
What are some others?
[This message has been edited by Midnight (edited 01-20-2001).]
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IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion
IIRC - If I recall correctly
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Flakbait
Delta 6's Flight School (http://www.worldaccessnet.com/~delta6)
"During the Battle of Britain the question 'fighter or fighter-bomber?'
had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier
with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won." Adolph Galland
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FYI= For Your Information
AIGF= All In Good Fun
RTB= Returning To Base
J/K =Just Kidding
OTOH= On The Other Hand.
SOB= well known member of the FDBs Squad (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
FDBs= Fat Drunk Bastards
RAM= Really Astute Man (hehehehe (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif))
[This message has been edited by RAM (edited 01-20-2001).]
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My pet peeve:
CC=COPY, I acknowledge your statement. (cc of course being the old symbol for carbon copy dating back to the days before the photo copier. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) )
RGR=YES!
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STFU - Shut The ____ Up
RTFM - Read The ____ing Message
WTF - What The ____
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AFK - Away From Keyboard
RTFM - Read the squealing Manual (i was in tech support, that's the true meaning! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) )
B - Beer or Booze or Bacon or Bean Burrito or Boobies..."gotta get some B!"
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F'ed Up
RAM - Random Access Mouth (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif) (I'm sorry, I had to)
DDA - Damned Dirty Apes!
SOB - Son Of Buzz, or Son of a B____ (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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Saw this last night for the first time
GV-ground vehicle
and the old stand bys
CA - Heavy cruiser (armored cruiser)
DE - Destroyer Escort
CV - Fleet Carrier
PT - Partol Boat Torpedo
NP - No Problem
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Originally posted by Pongo:
CA - Heavy cruiser (armored cruiser)
heh I know that this is nitpicking, but a Heavy Cruiser doesnt need at all to be armored, and the inverse also is true (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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SMFD, figure it out for yourself.
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CC=COPY, I acknowledge your statement. (cc of course being the old symbol for carbon copy dating back to the days before the photo copier.
Actually JimDandy, you're wrong there. CC actually stands for 'click, click'.
You may be aware that pilots in combat situations will sometimes reply with two clicks on the microphone rather than give a verbal acknowledgement.
CC is just representative of those two clicks. It has nothing to do with carbon copies (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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Originally posted by Jekyll:
Actually JimDandy, you're wrong there. CC actually stands for 'click, click'.
You may be aware that pilots in combat situations will sometimes reply with two clicks on the microphone rather than give a verbal acknowledgement.
CC is just representative of those two clicks. It has nothing to do with carbon copies (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Thx. I was always under the impression it was like the cc at the bottom of the page that is being sent out to more than one person, carbon copy. Obviously yours must be right. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif) But it does stand for acknowledgement and rgr for yes. It's just a pet peeve of mine when people cc when the should rgr or vice versa. Silly aren't I. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
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Ram
I believe that Armoured and Light cruiser
CA and CL where distinctions that made scence when they were orginated. By WW2 they merely denote 6 inch or 8 inch gun. The same hull converted from 6 to 8 inch guns would be classed from a CL to CA.
Not to nitpick.
CA meant Cruiser Armoured.
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FP=flakpanzer
BOHICA=bend over here it comes again
LW=superior pilots
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[This message has been edited by LJK Raubvogel (edited 01-21-2001).]
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UP A1SJDFNFKH@DKSD WTF??!?!?! - There is an ostwind on the field.
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Nope. Armored cruisers were pre-WWI ships, and were outdated by the time that the first Battlecruisers appeared. The last armored cruiser (arguably the best) was SMS Blücher, sunk in 1915...by battlecruisers (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
the terms and differences between "heavy cruiser" and "light Cruiser" were created in 1922, in the Washington Naval Treaty. As you say, were ships up to 10.000 tons, with 8' or 6' respectively. BUT BOTH KIND OF SHIPS COULD BE ARMORED. And in fact some light cruisers had more armor than some heavys.
the term "Armored Cruiser" was not used again after WWI, and the CA term has nothing to do with it AFAIK.
Originally posted by Pongo:
Ram
I believe that Armoured and Light cruiser
CA and CL where distinctions that made scence when they were orginated. By WW2 they merely denote 6 inch or 8 inch gun. The same hull converted from 6 to 8 inch guns would be classed from a CL to CA.
Not to nitpick.
CA meant Cruiser Armoured.
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Ram you are a troubled man.
If you look at Conways 1922-1945. You will see that Armoured Cruisers like the Huron were numbered as CA9. Protected Cruisers like the Denver where numbered CL16 and Light cruisers like the Omaha where numbered CL4.
The pattern here is that armoured cruisers where numbered CA and Protected and Light cruisers where numbered CL.
The last "Armoured Cruiser" was CA19. The First "Heavy Cruiser" was CA24 Pensacola.
Are you so afraid to admit you have learned something new?
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Hey, Guys quit hijacking the thread (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
bbl = Be back later
brb = Be right back
swalk = sealed with a loving (oops sorry wrong site) (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
TTFN
snafu
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OTW/OMW - on the way/on my way
ATM - at the moment
CNV67 - perk flattop (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
FUBAR - f'ed up beyond all recognition
THX/TY - thanks/thank you
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Brand W = Warbirds
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c2c = con dos cojones!!!
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If I am a troubled man, then what are you? (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
Lets see, you have A LOT of assumptions completely wrong. I will burst your bubble for quite a second, sorry if it hurts.
Ram you are a troubled man.
If you look at Conways 1922-1945. You will see that Armoured Cruisers like the Huron were numbered as CA9. Protected Cruisers like the Denver where numbered CL16 and Light cruisers like the Omaha where numbered CL4.
Ohhh dont need to look at conways. "protected cruisers" like the Denver were commissioned in 1905. "LIGHT Cruisers" like the Omaha, were in 1923.
ARMORED CRUISERS like the Huron...(lol you'll gonna love this one) were CLASSIFIED AS ACR!!!!!!!!!!!. USS huron was ACR-9 SOUTH DAKOTA until renamed IN 1920! as CA-9 Huron
(guess that conways didnt say that,huh? but there is even more)
The pattern here is that armoured cruisers where numbered CA and Protected and Light cruisers where numbered CL
NO. Armored Cruisers were designed ACR, AND THEN, and by CONVENIENCE they were renamed HEAVY CRUISERS, designated as CAs.
Same with Light Cruisers...but twice. The USS protected cruisers changed designation from a single C (C.22, C.11) to PG in 1920 (yes, they were reclassified as PATROL GUNBOATS, believe it or not), and THEN in 1921 as LIGHT CRUISERS, designed as CLs.
NOTE that the ships designations CHANGED from ARMORED CRUISER to HEAVY CRUISER, and PROTECTED CRUISER to LIGHT CRUISER.
So in 1919 we have the ARmored Cruiser ACR-9 South Dakota, whilst in 1921 we have the HEAVY CRUISER CA-9 Huron. Same with the Protected Cruisers-Light Cruisers.
The last "Armoured Cruiser" was CA19. The First "Heavy Cruiser" was CA24 Pensacola.
USS you mean?...either way you are wrong. the first USS Heavy Cruiser built and commisioned as such from the start was USS Salt Lake City, in december 1929. USS Pensacola didnt did it until January 1930.
BUT, before THAT...you have...
IJN Aoba (1924)
IJN Kinugasa (1924)
IJN Furutaka (1925)
IJN Kako (1925)
IJN Myoko (1927)
IJN Nachi (1927)
IJN Haguro (1928)
IJN Ashigara (1928)
HMS Kent (1926)
HMS Berwick (1926)
HMS Cumberland (1926)
HMS Cornwall (1926)
HMS Suffolk (1926)
HMS London (1927)
HMS Devonshire (1927)
HMS Sussex (1928)
HMS Shropshire (1928)
HMS Norfolk (1928)
HMS Dorshetshire (Jan/1929)
HMS York (1928)
HMS Exeter (July/1929)
WOOOPS...that seems to be the ENTIRE British CA fleet...right? ( (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif))
But lets follow!!!
RM Trento (1927)
RM Trieste (1926)
MN Duquesne (1925)
MN Tourville (1926)
MN Suffren (1927)
MN Colbert (1928)
MN Foch (Apr 1929)
Wow...seem an awful lot of CAs before USS Salt Lake City, right?
Are you so afraid to admit you have learned something new?
Lol...extract ur own conclussions.
P.S. Next time buy more books. Conways is good, but alone doesnt do too much (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
[This message has been edited by RAM (edited 01-21-2001).]
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Good thread, but you could use a hijack response team or something...
Here's a few, for us newbies...
Any reference to K- either 1000, or kilometers. Context is everything.
{Yourname} 66666!!! Check your Six. Several times. Sue for whiplash.
ib = Inbound
Jay.
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Jimdandy, I know what you mean. My pet peeve is in movies, TV,etc., when they say "Over and Out", which means "your turn to talk but I'm not gonna be listening". "Roger and out" is what they want to say.
I use cc only because that's what I learned here.
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BTW
Bohica is finnish for Saucy boy
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HiTech Creations
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Good reference. But we are talking about the USNs use of CA to define a Heavy cruiser. Do any of those other countries use CA to define a heavy cruiser? So you say it is just coincidence that light cruisers are designated CL and Heavy Cruisers(the successors to Armored Cruisers) are designated CA? That when looked at cronologicaly that CAs follow on the Armoured Cruisers and that the Armoured Cruisers had there call letters redesignated to CA in the early 20s.
OK.
Ill keep looking for a definitive statement to the contrary.