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It's not really an ESL problem, that's an acronym that seems US specific in it's usage.
by vertis 4y ago
It's not really an ESL problem, that's an acronym that seems US specific in it's usage.
- __d 4y agoFWIW, it's widely understood in Australia as well.
- vertis 4y agoIs it? I lived in Australia for 80% of my life and never heard it. That's not impossible of course, but it's not like I was uninvolved in those topics. Either way it's still not an second language thing. It's a using acronyms without definition thing.
- __d 4y agoWell, unless that 80% has overlapped with the last 5 years, you'll have missed it. But anyone who reads company annual reports (eg. for personal investing), or the financial bits of a newspaper (online or otherwise), or even reads their annual superannuation statement, would very likely have seen the term used (in OZ).
- vertis 4y agoI've been gone for about 4 years, and admittedly don't read many company annual reports (and my super balance I get in a more digital upate). I haven't really seen it crop up in the online stuff I read (some of it Australian financial), but I can see how it would be easy to miss as well.
- ThePadawan 4y agoFYI I was mostly trying to be funny throwing around TLAs to show OP that not everyone on HN is based in the USA.
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- vertis 4y agoWoosh!