Re: Acronym on About page of main site
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Am 19.06.2005 um 02:34 schrieb Margarita Manterola:
BOF == Birds of a Feather
Would you, American people, please give the full phrase when asked
for this?
Maybe, not only when asked. The sentence, Clytie posted reads fine,
if you insert "Bits Of Freedom" for BOF, too.
From the first hits from google:
Bank of Finland
Bits Of Freedom
British Orienteering Federation
Bréviaire d'orthographe française
While the full text above is self-speaking "Birds of a Feather" is
not. "Vögel einer Feder" makes no sense in German language. So the
full text does not help much either.
I have heard "Bits Of Freedom" before, But I did not hear/read about
"Birds of a Feather" before joining the Debian-Women IRC-Channel.
Birds Of a Feather is defined as slang, but slang is not that, what
people use (learn) normally, if not native speakers.
Being open for everyone means not use slang or insider terms where
not necessary.
greetings
Jutta
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