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What the hell is SITPWG?
#25re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/17/09 at 10:53pm
>>you don't have to be hurt that it took you so long to figure it out it took me for ever to find out TCP meant and I didn't complain.
& if you really can't figure it out- just ask.
"Forget regret or life is yours to miss."
#26re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/17/09 at 11:32pm
In the context of that thread, I'd probably just call it Sunday.
BE annoys me. I read it as "bee" and my mind jumps to Spelling Bee (another logical abbreviation). It takes about a fraction of a second longer to process, but still. If I can type this whole post on a Blackberry, you can spell out Billy Elliot.
Someone once used TOTC. They left off the A, but I don't think ATOTC is much more obvious.
Unrelated- when was Marat/Sade on Broadway?
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
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Wanting life but never knowing how
#27re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/17/09 at 11:36pm
Woohoo! I was the source of a rant! Go me!
I don't use acronyms too often, but the whole title is too long, "Sunday in the Park" is a bit long, and "Sunday" is ambiguous. I like SITPWG.
It's a message board. 95% of my target audience is fluent in the same shorthand I am. Why not be more efficient?
#28re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/17/09 at 11:38pm"Sunday in the Park with George" is pretty long & I find "SITPWG" a fine abbreviation. But writing "Billy Elliot" as "BE" is completely unnecessary.
#29re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 9:50am
Wow! Strong feelings on both sides.
I have to confess that I find often myself stumbling over the acronyms. I think they're best used in the body of a post, not in the thread title. If I don't instantly recognize what's being discussed, I probably won't open the thread (unless the rest of the thread title is really intriquing).
It sort of smacks of text-ese, of which the less the better, IMHO.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#30re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 10:15am
I <3 Acronyms.
Now, in conversation, I'll use the shortened versions of titles "Sunday/Sunday in the Park," "Phantom," "Mermaid," etc. On here, I don't use too many of them, but on AIM, yes I abbreviate.
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#31re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 10:21amReginald and Husk--how do the two of you feel about TWOO?
#32re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 10:33am
Out of context? I think it's dumb. If I didn't know Husk was an Oz fan, I wouldn't have the slightest idea what you're talking about.
I've never had lack of clarity as a goal. If I'm trying to keep my parents from figuring out what I'm talking about if they happen to be reading over my shoulder, then I think it's fine.
As I said before, my personal preference would be to have a recognizable show title in the thread title (at least a shortened one). After that, you can acronym away to your heart's content.
But I may well be in the minority.
theminutepast
Broadway Star Joined: 2/1/06
#34re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 12:15pm
Depends on the acronym. I'm all for typing titles out fully, because it gets freakin' annoying having to sit and think "but what *is* TN?" all the damn time. But for Sunday in the Park with George and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, I find that SITPWG and YAGMCB are unambiguous enough and the titles genuinely are so freakin' long that I'm inclined to let it slide. So I guess if a show has five words or more in the title, I'm forgiving, because 1) it's a long title and 2) the longer the acronym, the less chance it stands of being ambiguous.
FOTR is Fellowship of the Ring, no matter what Topol says. Just thought y'all should know, in case you start trying to push four word titles being suitable for acronymisation.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#35re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 12:43pmMan! I was doing so well figuring these out until PalJoey mentioned TWOO.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#36re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 12:49pm
The Wizard of Oz.
On a Judy Garland list I subscribe to, there was a similar controversy about a year ago over referring to her movies as MMISL and ASIB and ITGOS.
#37re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 12:54pmI don't have a problem with some acronyms (I myself have used WSS and N2N), but I always read SITPWG as SIT PIG.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#38re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 5:41pmI thought I was the only one who always saw it as "SIT PIG!"
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#39re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 5:48pm
In Welsh, "w" counts as a vowel, so I read it as "SIT PUG" ("pug" pronounced like "put"). That's what three years living in a field does for ya. :3
MamasDoin'Fine
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/08
#41re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 5:51pm"Next To Formal?"
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#43re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 5:53pmWhen I first came across the acronym I thought BATB meant Bat Boy. Then when people were using it in context with Disney and actors who were in Beauty and the Beast I finally got it.
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
MamasDoin'Fine
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/08
#45re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 6:04pm
I thought the same about BATB!
My favorite musicals are S, R, and P!
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#46re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 6:19pmI agree that abbreviations can be annoying. I find that whenever I don't know an abbreviation, it's easiest just to type it into google. I think that if the conversation is about a certain show it's fine to use the abbreviation, but if the topic is more general, with the show not already having been mentioned, it's best just to write out.
#47re: What the hell is SITPWG?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 6:31pm
OOOH lets play a game! Decipher the acronym!
TMOMTM
FBGTR
SMTOTD
TMHF
SSOS
JJTD
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
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