by Doriana » Sat Jun 06, 2020 9:20 am
To be sure...English acronyms right? Yes
Is the acronym slang (e.g. artificially abbreviated words by slang? Like til for talk to you later)? No A wording commonly used in emails (e.g. FYI, IDI)? YES, the relevant acronym is FYI The truncation of a longer word (e.g. UNI rather than University)? Or maybe the truncation of a word, as in TAI? The name of an airport/country? Or something like in WWI? No to rest
Did he use the acronym: at the beginning of sentences? At the end? Not in sentences? This As footnote? To specify something unclear?
didn't like her--> she thought that he offended her? Yes That he treated her with distrust? With fear? Suspicion? as she made something wrong? As he discriminated her? as she treated her as a stupid person? Someone who is not quick to understand and learn things? No or irrel to rest
A specialized word like: API? Maybe the code when you want to highlight something (as in <b>bold</b>)?As spacing? Italic? others? No to all
Is it a well-known acronym? Yes, but... --> did he use it appropriately? Did he know its meaning? has it been used as it is commonly used? Yes to all Did he use it after periods? After commas? After a relevant word that made it sound offensive? In the middle of the sentences? No and FA Was it easy to understand that it referred to that acronym from the context of the sentence? FA Is it abbreviated automatically? No
Is the fact that the I is the third letter relevant? Somewhat Had it been the first would she be offended too? In this particular case, maybe, but then it wouldn't have been a well-known acronym Does it maybe refer to Irina but in third person? Is formal language relevant? No to these Does the acronym actually end in I? Yes Or maybe he made something wrong (e.g. AFAI instead of AFAIK)?
Part of it refers to a person--> to the one using it? to a third party? to the person to which the email is written? This Is it maybe something automatically appearing? Like "Top Secret" on the the pages... No
Does the last I stand for something relevant? Yes Did Irina know the acronym? NO Is it maybe the contrary (i.e. he meant Irina with the last I while she read the noun implied by the acronym?)? No, the other way round. She thought the I stood for Irina
Well done! We've established that the relevant acronym is FYI, that Irina didn't know the acronym and that she thought the I stood for Irina. So what did she think the acronym stood for?