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Mail From: ndtusing (Neil Tusing)

>
> OTM = Other than Miata
>
> What's an OTM stand
> for?? I'm well past 60 and these computer shortcuts
> sometimes baffle me.
> Took me 3 years to figure out YMMV.
>
The Internet Dictionary, here,...

netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=YMMV

...defines YMMV as Your Mileage May Vary, but I don't
think that applies here. And OTM isn't listed,
obviously, since OTM seems to be list specific. What
does YMMV mean?

Larry Alstare (sp?) once pointed me to another site
with a list of internet abbreviations, but I forget it
now.

Neil Tusing
Dual Citizenship

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Mail From: Larry (Larry Alster)

It's Alster :)

And I don't remember where that site was anymore

YMMV is Your Mileage May Vary but it's not usually used in the literal sense
of meaning actually mileage.

I'm sure OTM is list specific since I doubt a Volvo list would be concerned
with Other Than Miata

Larry

White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI System IV Turbo +
Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow

LowCountry Miata lowcountrymiataclub.net
Masters Miata
RAGS 074
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Tusing" <(email redacted)>
To: <(email redacted)>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:12 PM
Subject: [Miata] Re: Internet Lingo (Was Snow) [NMC]


>>
>> OTM = Other than Miata
>>
>> What's an OTM stand
>> for?? I'm well past 60 and these computer shortcuts
>> sometimes baffle me.
>> Took me 3 years to figure out YMMV.
>>
> The Internet Dictionary, here,...
>
> netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=YMMV
>
> ...defines YMMV as Your Mileage May Vary, but I don't
> think that applies here. And OTM isn't listed,
> obviously, since OTM seems to be list specific. What
> does YMMV mean?
>
> Larry Alstare (sp?) once pointed me to another site
> with a list of internet abbreviations, but I forget it
> now.
>
> Neil Tusing
> Dual Citizenship
>
> _______________________________________________
> Miata mailing list
> (email redacted)
> ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
>

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Mail From: ndtusing (Neil Tusing)

Thank you, Larry. That makes sense. I normally want
to spell it as 'Alstair'. But, this time I knew that
wasn't right. I'll have to make a note. More often
than not I'm referring to some good info I got in one
of your posts.

Neil

--- Larry Alster <(email redacted)> wrote:

> It's Alster :)
>
> And I don't remember where that site was anymore
>
> YMMV is Your Mileage May Vary but it's not usually
> used in the literal sense
> of meaning actually mileage.
>
> I'm sure OTM is list specific since I doubt a Volvo
> list would be concerned
> with Other Than Miata
>
> Larry
>
> White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
> Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI
> System IV Turbo +
> Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow
>
> LowCountry Miata lowcountrymiataclub.net
> Masters Miata
> RAGS 074
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Tusing" <(email redacted)>
> To: <(email redacted)>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:12 PM
> Subject: [Miata] Re: Internet Lingo (Was Snow) [NMC]
>
>
> >>
> >> OTM = Other than Miata
> >>
> >> What's an OTM stand
> >> for?? I'm well past 60 and these computer
> shortcuts
> >> sometimes baffle me.
> >> Took me 3 years to figure out YMMV.
> >>
> > The Internet Dictionary, here,...
> >
> > netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=YMMV
> >
> > ...defines YMMV as Your Mileage May Vary, but I
> don't
> > think that applies here. And OTM isn't listed,
> > obviously, since OTM seems to be list specific.
> What
> > does YMMV mean?
> >
> > Larry Alstare (sp?) once pointed me to another
> site
> > with a list of internet abbreviations, but I
> forget it
> > now.
> >
> > Neil Tusing
> > Dual Citizenship
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Miata mailing list
> > (email redacted)
> > ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
> >
>
>

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Mail From: miatamail (Robert McElwee)

I have seen OTM used several other places. One that sticks out in my mind
was a description of Hispanics - Other Than Mexican - on a website that I
was on.



On 1/25/07, Larry Alster <(email redacted)> wrote:
>
> It's Alster :)
>
> .
>
> I'm sure OTM is list specific since I doubt a Volvo list would be
> concerned
> with Other Than Miata
>
> Larry
>
> White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
> Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI System IV Turbo +
> Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow
>
> LowCountry Miata lowcountrymiataclub.net
> Masters Miata
> RAGS 074
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Tusing" <(email redacted)>
> To: <(email redacted)>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:12 PM
> Subject: [Miata] Re: Internet Lingo (Was Snow) [NMC]
>
>
> >>
> >> OTM = Other than Miata
> >>
> >> What's an OTM stand
> >> for?? I'm well past 60 and these computer shortcuts
> >> sometimes baffle me.
> >> Took me 3 years to figure out YMMV.
> >>
> > The Internet Dictionary, here,...
> >
> > netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=YMMV
> >
> > ...defines YMMV as Your Mileage May Vary, but I don't
> > think that applies here. And OTM isn't listed,
> > obviously, since OTM seems to be list specific. What
> > does YMMV mean?
> >
> > Larry Alstare (sp?) once pointed me to another site
> > with a list of internet abbreviations, but I forget it
> > now.
> >
> > Neil Tusing
> > Dual Citizenship
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Miata mailing list
> > (email redacted)
> > ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Miata mailing list
> (email redacted)
> ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
>



--
Robert McElwee and Red Beast
1991 T25 Turbo @ 15 PSI
Link ECU, FM IC, 9:1 pistons
Over 350 lbs of "added lightness"
www.lightweightmiata.com

Lightweight Miata Group:
autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/lightweightmiata/
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Mail From: nora.hague (Nora Hague)

Don't forget MSV - Miata Support Vehicle. Probably another list-specific
acronym.


--
Nora (imagine a Canadian flag here)
========================
and Banshee
(imagine a '02 Blue Miata here, dirty)
nheh.ca/blue/blue/C0871-bansheesig.JPG Banshee
nheh.ca/blue/blue.htm ARRIVAL
nheh.ca HOME PAGE (yes, it needs updating.)



On 1/25/07, Robert McElwee <(email redacted)> wrote:
>
> I have seen OTM used several other places. One that sticks out in my mind
> was a description of Hispanics - Other Than Mexican - on a website that I
> was on.
>
>
>
> On 1/25/07, Larry Alster <(email redacted)> wrote:
> >
> > It's Alster :)
> >
> > .
> >
> > I'm sure OTM is list specific since I doubt a Volvo list would be
> > concerned
> > with Other Than Miata
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
> > Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI System IV Turbo +
> > Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow
> >
> > LowCountry Miata lowcountrymiataclub.net
> > Masters Miata
> > RAGS 074
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Neil Tusing" <(email redacted) >
> > To: <(email redacted)>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:12 PM
> > Subject: [Miata] Re: Internet Lingo (Was Snow) [NMC]
> >
> >
> > >>
> > >> OTM = Other than Miata
> > >>
> > >> What's an OTM stand
> > >> for?? I'm well past 60 and these computer shortcuts
> > >> sometimes baffle me.
> > >> Took me 3 years to figure out YMMV.
> > >>
> > > The Internet Dictionary, here,...
> > >
> > > netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=YMMV
> > >
> > > ...defines YMMV as Your Mileage May Vary, but I don't
> > > think that applies here. And OTM isn't listed,
> > > obviously, since OTM seems to be list specific. What
> > > does YMMV mean?
> > >
> > > Larry Alstare (sp?) once pointed me to another site
> > > with a list of internet abbreviations, but I forget it
> > > now.
> > >
> > > Neil Tusing
> > > Dual Citizenship
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Miata mailing list
> > > (email redacted)
> > > ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Miata mailing list
> > (email redacted)
> > ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Robert McElwee and Red Beast
> 1991 T25 Turbo @ 15 PSI
> Link ECU, FM IC, 9:1 pistons
> Over 350 lbs of "added lightness"
> www.lightweightmiata.com
>
> Lightweight Miata Group:
> autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/lightweightmiata/
> _______________________________________________
> Miata mailing list
> (email redacted)
> ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
>
>
>
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Mail From: sosnaenergyconsulting (David Sosna)

Interesting that abbreviations came up.
I'm reading a book by John O'Donohue called Anam Cara and he makes the
following point about language:
"The sense of silence and darkness behind the words in more ancient
culture, is absent in the modern use of language. Language is full of
acronyms: nowadays we are impatient of words that carry with them
histories and associations......when you steal a people's language, you
leave their soul bewildered."

Best Regards
David Sosna (bewildered by all the abbreviations and acronyms used in
e-mails and disturbed that I need to go to a webpage to look them up so
that I can understand what's being said)

Neil Tusing wrote:
>> OTM = Other than Miata
>>
>> What's an OTM stand
>> for?? I'm well past 60 and these computer shortcuts
>> sometimes baffle me.
>> Took me 3 years to figure out YMMV.
>>
>>
> The Internet Dictionary, here,...
>
> netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=YMMV
>
> ...defines YMMV as Your Mileage May Vary, but I don't
> think that applies here. And OTM isn't listed,
> obviously, since OTM seems to be list specific. What
> does YMMV mean?
>
> Larry Alstare (sp?) once pointed me to another site
> with a list of internet abbreviations, but I forget it
> now.
>
> Neil Tusing
> Dual Citizenship
>
> _______________________________________________
> Miata mailing list
> (email redacted)
> ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
>
>

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Mail From: stevewilson (Steve Wilson)

Don't feel bad, Neil. I went a year or so thinking OTM meant "other
transportation means." Context had given me the basic sense, but I was still
wrong on every word.

Steve Wilson
Jefferson NC
2000SE, JRSC


----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Tusing" <(email redacted)>
To: "Larry Alster" <(email redacted)>; <(email redacted)>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Miata] Re: Internet Lingo (Was Snow) [NMC]


> Thank you, Larry. That makes sense. I normally want
> to spell it as 'Alstair'. But, this time I knew that
> wasn't right. I'll have to make a note. More often
> than not I'm referring to some good info I got in one
> of your posts.
>
> Neil
>
> --- Larry Alster <(email redacted)> wrote:
>
>> It's Alster :)
>>
>> And I don't remember where that site was anymore
>>
>> YMMV is Your Mileage May Vary but it's not usually
>> used in the literal sense
>> of meaning actually mileage.
>>
>> I'm sure OTM is list specific since I doubt a Volvo
>> list would be concerned
>> with Other Than Miata
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
>> Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI
>> System IV Turbo +
>> Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow
>>
>> LowCountry Miata lowcountrymiataclub.net
>> Masters Miata
>> RAGS 074
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Neil Tusing" <(email redacted)>
>> To: <(email redacted)>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:12 PM
>> Subject: [Miata] Re: Internet Lingo (Was Snow) [NMC]
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >> OTM = Other than Miata
>> >>
>> >> What's an OTM stand
>> >> for?? I'm well past 60 and these computer
>> shortcuts
>> >> sometimes baffle me.
>> >> Took me 3 years to figure out YMMV.
>> >>
>> > The Internet Dictionary, here,...
>> >
>> > netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=YMMV
>> >
>> > ...defines YMMV as Your Mileage May Vary, but I
>> don't
>> > think that applies here. And OTM isn't listed,
>> > obviously, since OTM seems to be list specific.
>> What
>> > does YMMV mean?
>> >
>> > Larry Alstare (sp?) once pointed me to another
>> site
>> > with a list of internet abbreviations, but I
>> forget it
>> > now.
>> >
>> > Neil Tusing
>> > Dual Citizenship
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Miata mailing list
>> > (email redacted)
>> > ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
>> >
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Miata mailing list
> (email redacted)
> ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
>