Wow. It's been so long since I had a BB related article here. So let's talk about one.
It annoys me of how a lot of people use the term L/Cpl, S/Sgt and W/O. Honestly, they just do not make sense. Generally in literature slashes are used to denote words with an alternative - either something totally different or something similar. So, what they mean would be:
L/Cpl = Lance or Corporal?
S/Sgt = Staff or Sergeant?
W/O = Warrant or Officer?
For this reason, this is usually why I always use terms like LCpl, SSgt, and WO without a slash in between. Get it right people. If the slash were there you would be seeing terms like:
U/S/A instead of USA
F/B/I instead of FBI (duh~!)
B/B/M instead of BBM
(it must be noted that the 100% rightful way would be U.S.A, but its acceptable to do without the periods)
Another thing that annoys me is the short form - coy - to shotern the word company. Again, to me, it's sounds so darn wrong. We already have a short form for the word company - co.
Coy reminds of a generally a few things:
Let's put it all into one sentence, for example:
"3rd Kuala Bear Coy" (say it expressing the y). EWWW! GROSS!!!
I don't know where you came from, whether or not you've used the.. "expression" coy for generations. I'm telling you it's wrong. Someone obviously screwed up (I think this problem originated from Malaysia). To be safe, don't bother using the short form at all. Just type in the full word or not type it all. At least it looks normal. So get these few terms right and stop embarassing yourselves - the world is watching (I mention this in light of several BBM websites and activities on international forums).
Oh, if you're wondering why the lack of BB related post, that's because all my perosnal BB entries and logs are now posted at http://wovoon.blogspot.com.
All the best accessing it.. heh. If you really wanna see it, drop me an email and I'll see if you're matured enough to read. Some things in there WILL offend some people and will cause you to rip your guts out. At the same time, it has lots of good resources too. Well, all the same, just ask me first. You need a gmail (google mail) account though.



