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MIB if both drivers uninsured?

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  • angrycrow
    angrycrow Posts: 1,119 Forumite
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    Well spotted auto correct strikes again.
  • AndyMc.....
    AndyMc..... Posts: 3,248 Forumite
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    Nick_C wrote: »
    I just think if you are going to use a TLA that isn't widely recognised then you should spell it out the first time you use it.

    Who’s done that then?
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Nick_C wrote: »
    Sorry. The use of "the MIB" made me think it was an acronym. Apparently, it isn't (although it probably was originally)


    Of course it's an acronym, and it is very widely recognised, at least on this board.
  • missile
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    Nick_C wrote: »
    I just think if you are going to use a TLA that isn't widely recognised then you should spell it out the first time you use it.

    MIB is widely recognised.

    Have you never heard of google, yahoo and Wikipedia to search for acronyms? :kisses:
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  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 16,338 Forumite
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    edited 15 April 2018 at 11:08AM
    It's only an acronym if it's pronounced "mib", rhyming with bib. If it's pronounced "M.I.B." then it's an initialism.

    Acronyms are initialisms that are pronounced as words, such as PIN, RADAR, etc. Things like BBC, ITV and LP are initialisms.
  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 9,064 Forumite
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    Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »
    It!!!8217;s only an acronym if it!!!8217;s pronounced !!!8220;mib!!!8221;, rhyming with bib. If it!!!8217;s pronounced !!!8220;M.I.B.!!!8221; then it!!!8217;s an initialism.

    Acronyms are initialisms that are pronounced as words, such as PIN, RADAR, etc. Things like BBC, ITV and LP are initialisms.

    Exactly. And for that reason TLA stands for Three Letter Abbreviation, not Acronym.
  • Jonesya
    Jonesya Posts: 1,823 Forumite
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    treboeth wrote: »
    Just to be pedantic which pendants do you mean ;)

    These grammar obsessives who are always hanging around ;)
  • usefulmale
    usefulmale Posts: 2,627 Forumite
    Nick_C wrote: »
    An inappropriate attempt at irony.

    Three Letter Acronym

    It's only inappropriate because you have been caught out.
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