Explanation of Abbreviations, Acronyms, etc.

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:36 pm

Where's member, FDIC?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:36 pm

I'm waiting for RIC to come out with a conversion kit for the Cii. A Cii kit. ;^)

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:23 pm

G r o a n . . . .

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:16 pm

There goes Paul being all horsey again......

I doff my Derby hat to you, Paul

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:22 pm

OK, I couldn't resist, could "C" mean "Canna"?

As in Scotty saying I "canna" fix the engines in time, Cap'n, to get us to Warp 9 before the Klingons are within firing range.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:32 am

I thought you meant, as in,"Canna getta witness?"!

heinpete · Post by **heinpete** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:14 am

RAS is a disease or cancer gene?

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:02 am

New Old Stock

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:30 am

Bis is pronounced "bees". I guess Seabeescuit would be a horse running at the Tijuana Derby?

lars · Post by **lars** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:02 am

NOS is not specific for Rickenbacker.
John, sorry for being so slow: What is the meaning of the word "bis"? Is it french?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:22 am

Maybe down Santa Ana way, but dictionaries show it to be a short i, and the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary has an audio example:

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

Lars, the meaning is second (version), again, or repeat (especially in music)

tennis_nick · Post by **tennis_nick** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:00 am

well... a bis would be a saluting kiss on the cheek in France, from what I recall last time there. can't think of anything else...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:23 am

I thought "bis" was German, meaning "to"...

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:24 am

It's Latin for "again", "encore". In the modern era, it's from the French and used to mean "second revision" in an engineering context. I wonder what the term for third revision might be.

I'm guessing that the old BMW Bavaria Cii might have been designated that way for the same reasons.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:36 am

Nicolas, isn't that kiss a "buss"?