Useful acronyms?

[john_morris_uk]

Whoops - I wasn't thinking was I -- not much sleep in the last few days.

It used to be TEWT

Tactical Exercise Without Troops!

 

[aitchw]

Or SOHCAHTOA for those of us with a more sheltered upbringing.

 

[landaftaf]

CADET
Compass to True Add East

 

[Lakesailor]

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CADET
Compass to True Add East

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Got me again. I can't see how that acronym makes it easy to remember Compass to True Add East

 

[Lakesailor]

ILSSAW

Initial Letters Should Spell A Word

 

[peterb]

[ QUOTE ]
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CADET
Compass to True Add East

[/ QUOTE ]

Got me again. I can't see how that acronym makes it easy to remember Compass to True Add East

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Compass Add Deviation East to get True

Gives the right sign for the addition, but ignores the variation.

 

[domlee]

Tactical Exercise Without The Soldiers?

 

[ghost]

ERROR WEST - COMPASS BEST
ERROR EAST -COMPASS LEAST
not a tla I know but hey!

 

[Jomo]

Given the usual intervention of Sods Law we used to have to extend the 7 Ps to eight - the last being Perhaps!

P P P P P P P ( the seven P's)

proper planning and preparation prevents p*ss poor performance.

Ian

 

[TheoSr]

Whenever you want to convert fractional inches to millimeters just remember:
1/16"=1,6mm,
Say it once, never forgotten: one sixteenth equals one six tenths ;.

(I do know it should be 1.5875 mm but that would spoil the fun /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )

Keep smiling
Theo

 

[pmyatt]

TEWT = Tactical Exercise Without Troops. Used when deploying Brigade Headquarters and above to practise command procedures and communications, without dragging the brutal and licentious soldiery out of barracks - at least, that's what it meant when I was serving ten years ago.

 

[Lakesailor]

TEWT

Thanks. I think you were a bit late on that one. Page 2 had the answer.
That one does work. I can't stand it when people make up ridiculous titles to make sure their acronym spells a word. Or even worse use odd letters from within words to the same effect.

 

[snowleopard]

Re: TEWT

That's what it's all about....

A
Convenient
Reduction
Of
Nomenclature
Yielding
Mnemonic
Syllables

 

[FullCircle]

FUBAR
F@@ked Up Beyond All Recognition

SNAFU
Situation Normal, All F@@ked Up

 

[Lakesailor]

They work and avoid the forum swear box.

 

[Rabbie]

My Dad told me ............

................. that on his warship there was an elderly Lt.Commander named MacDonald whose title on board was Engineering Inspectorate Executive Information Officer !. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Re: My Dad told me ............

For a brief while London Transport employed a gentleman who was granted, quite officially, the title of Assistant Rolling Stock Engineer. That worthy was quite proud of the acronym under the name upon his office door but Authority realsied it has made a bit of a muck up and took the sign away.

It is a local myth, possibly grounded in fact, that Highbury College was originally to be named the South Hampshire Institute of Technology.