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Abbreviations in DF

Topic started by Ravi (@ envy.cs.umass.edu) on Mon Jun 1 16:11:12 EDT 1998.
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Lot of people have asked us what the various abbr. used in the forum mean. I thought we can collect them in one place for people to follow easily. Once this thread is complete, I'll link it off the top the forum for ready reference. Feel free to add to this list and if you feel that any abbr. has been missed, point it out even if you do not know the expansion. (Udhaya ithu ungaLukku :).

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• From: Ravi (@ envy.cs.umass.edu) on: Mon Jun 1 16:16:21 EDT 1998
  
  First the artists: (This is usually an easy one to decipher, just for completeness sake :)
  IR - Ilayaraja
  ARR - A. R. Rehman
  MSV/TKR - Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy
  KVM - K. V. MahadEvan
  GR - G. Ramanathan
  GA - Gangai Amaran
  SMS - S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
  
  KJY/KJJ - K. J. Yesudoss
  TMS - TMS :)
  SPB - SPB :)
  PBS - P. B. Sreenivas
  AMR - A. M. Raja
  UK - Unni Krishnan
  HH - Hariharan
  MV - Malaysia VasudEvan
  JC - Jayachandran
  
  PS - P. Susheela
  SJ - S. Janaki
  KSC - K. S. Chitra
  AB - Asha Bhonsle
  
  VM - Vairamuthu
  PB - Palani Bharathi
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ envy.cs.umass.edu) on: Mon Jun 1 16:19:04 EDT 1998
  
  Other commonly used abbr.:
  BTW - By the way
  IMO - In my opinion
  IMHO - In my humble opinion
  OTOH - On the other hand
  
  BGM - Background music
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ envy.cs.umass.edu) on: Mon Jun 1 16:20:42 EDT 1998
  
  Well probably the most used :-).
  TFM - Tamil Film Music
  correspondingly: HFM (Hindi) & MFM (MalayaLam)
  
  DF - Discussion Forum
  
  
  
• From: mfm (@ 203.120.115.1) on: Tue Jun 2 03:23:24 EDT 1998
  
  mfm is mottai_the_fan of_mottai like MFM for Malayalam Film Music. It was given by one DF member.
  
  PS: Ravi, I just put it for fun only. Please do not scold me :-)))) Infact a few wrote me an email about what does mfm stand for?In schools/colleges I was nicknamed mottai because of pitthu about IR.
  
  mfm(a)Senthil
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Tue Jun 2 06:01:14 EDT 1998
  
  You missed this one:
  
  ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing.
  
  
• From: Prakash Balakrishnan (@ gate1.ca.us.ibm.com) on: Tue Jun 2 12:06:52 EDT 1998
  
  You Missed many Things...
  
  Ravi :- Ravindran
  Raj:- K.Rajaraman
  NOV:- Namma Oru Velan
  Ramki:- Ramakrishnan.
  
  
  
• From: The Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Tue Apr 13 09:08:14 EDT 1999
  
  Hereby it is announced that Rajaraman is no longer entitled to the privilege of being called Raj as that title has been usurped irrevocably by me. Rajaraman has meanwhile taken refuge to a much less appealing RR:)))
  (Strictly NOM:))))
  
  
• From: Srinath (@ ss04.co.us.ibm.com) on: Tue Apr 13 10:15:37 EDT 1999
  
  The most popular abbrev. ;-):
  dhjkls... = Humorous side of TFM and this DF
  
  and Raj left this out -
  
  NOM = No Offence Meant
  
  This is strictly to be used only when abusing a person ;-))))
  
  
• From: Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Tue Apr 13 10:18:24 EDT 1999
  
  Srinath is right. And to place things in perspective, the inventor of that NOM was Raj:))
  
  
• From: Thamizhan (@ fibre38.vds.com.au) on: Tue Apr 13 11:27:39 EDT 1999
  
  How about all you folks being called VA s(NOM)
  VA = Velai Aththavanga
  
  
• From: Srinath (@ ss08.co.us.ibm.com) on: Tue Apr 13 11:48:04 EDT 1999
  
  Tamizhan:
  Please change your therapist, his methods are obviously not working....AOM - won't be too difficult for you to figure this one out, I bet !
  
  
• From: RAJ (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Tue Apr 13 12:03:56 EDT 1999
  
  Srinath:)).Puriyumndra?:))
  (AOM..Good one !)
  
  
• From: Velaiyaththavan (@ 129.252.22.112) on: Tue Apr 13 13:05:13 EDT 1999
  
  Hayyo..oru Thamizhan nilamai ippadi ayidichEy ...he he he he...boo hoo boo hoo.. (azuvachiya varudhu..yEmpa, nee solradhum puriyadhu.. naanga solradhum puriyadhu.. ennavo pO !!)
  
  :-)
  
  
• From: LOL_patri_vinavubavan (@ 202.41.117.61) on: Wed Apr 14 01:57:07 EDT 1999
  
  What is LOL ?
  
  
• From: LOL_patri_vinavubhavan (@ 202.41.117.61) on: Wed Apr 14 02:22:35 EDT 1999
  
  What is LOL ?
  
  
• From: Shankar (@ webgate0.mot.com) on: Wed Apr 14 02:22:42 EDT 1999
  
  srinath ,
  neenga eppadi spelloing mistake paNNineenga ?!?!?!
  
  it's dlkjhdsdfshlhk :-))))))))
  
  
• From: bb (@ bernstein.crhc.uiuc.edu) on: Wed Apr 14 02:58:37 EDT 1999
  
  more:
  ESK, EVK, PKP, HTNI, NBW, AFAIK, KD, KB, KK, KM, KR, YSR, UN, US.
  
  shankar: en kadiyai copy adikkaadhE:-)))))
  
  
• From: Speller:)) (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Wed Apr 14 03:06:32 EDT 1999
  
  BB:
  
  KM: Kahdlukku maryadi or Kizhkum Merkm?
  
  
  
• From: bb (@ bernstein.crhc.uiuc.edu) on: Wed Apr 14 03:56:39 EDT 1999
  
  Karpoora mullai:-))))))
  
  
• From: flesh (@ port21.pontiac02.tir.com) on: Thu Apr 15 22:43:04 EDT 1999
  
  djklh should be renamed as BONES :))))
  
  
• From: ravi_fan (@ attcat.ds-us.com) on: Fri Apr 16 10:41:19 EDT 1999
  
  TFRTI - Time For Ravi To Interfere
  
  
• From: eden (@ 202.54.71.139) on: Sat Apr 17 01:36:00 EDT 1999
  
  It may be called `Intervene' rather than `Interfere'?
  
  
• From: TRin veritthanamana rasigan (@ 202.144.10.93) on: Sat Apr 17 05:44:37 EDT 1999
  
  Hi,
  TR - T.Rajendar
  MEM - Monisha en Monalisa
  See ya
  
  
  
• From: Thamizhai Veruppavan (@ 1cust246.tnt20.sfo3.da.uu.net) on: Sat Apr 17 14:25:53 EDT 1999
  
  SP - Suresh Peters
  UN - Udit Narayan
  SS - Sukveender Singh
  
  
• From: MS (@ 129.252.22.112) on: Sun Apr 18 15:41:41 EDT 1999
  
  MS = Murali sankar
  SM = Shanmugam murugappan
  
  
  
• From: bb (@ compq1.crhc.uiuc.edu) on: Sun Apr 18 17:07:38 EDT 1999
  
  MS - m.s.subbulakshmi.
  MSS - m.s.swaminathan.
  SMS - s.m.subbiah naidu
  :-))))))
  
  
• From: Velaiyaththavan (@ swami.ece.sc.edu) on: Sun Apr 18 22:32:24 EDT 1999
  
  bb = big brother watching VA :-)
  
  

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