Re: [HCDX]: Acronyms [was: 6550U RCI etc.]

[Rémy Friess <rfriess@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

I just want to make a short remark about the use of acronyms on this list.

It took me quite a while to figure out what "CRI" stood for. 

I feel acronyms should be used only for stations in English-speaking
countries. "RCI" or "BBC" okay, everyone will understand, even those whose
native tongue isn't English.

But for us French-speakers what you call "CRI" is precisely known as "RCI",
since this is the acronym used in French and I guess in other cultural
environments there will be some others. I for one have never listened to
"CRI" in English, when I listen to them it's always in the French version
so this acronym came as a completely new one to me.

Don't you guys out there imagine the whole world speaks English! I doesn't!
And never will!

Rémy Friess
Montbéliard - France
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A 23:18 14/01/99 -0800, vous avez écrit :
>At 02:49 AM 1/15/99, you wrote:
>>When I was looking R Voice of Lebanon on 6550 kHz at 1650, the only thing I
>>heard was R Canada Int. in English on USB only. Is this a feeding
>>transmission from Sackville?  And R Voice of Lebanon seems to be inactive?
>>
>No, this is a CRI feeder of RCI.
>
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