Hi everyone, ETA is an acronym that stands for Estimated Time of Arrival. You pronounce it E - T - A. It comes from the military and so is most often used by men. You might hear an airline pilot use it.
Good morning passengers, this is Flight 2304 to Munich our ETA is 2:30PM local time.
It is a useful acronym for text messages or online chats.
My ETA's 10 minutes from now.
Our ETA's around 4PM.
Any questions?
Phil
Showing posts with label acronyms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acronyms. Show all posts
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Sunday, January 10, 2010
FYI I graduated at the top of my class...
Hey everyone, today we will talk about acronyms. Acronyms are a short word that is created by using the first letter of many other words. For example:
USA = United States of America
CIA = Central Intelligence Agency
MILF = Mother I'd like to F*#K
And so on... you often hear acronyms in movies because they are really common in the U.S. military; MPs (Military Police), MREs (Meals Ready to Eat), etc.
They are also really common in internet English:
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
IMHO = In My Honest Opinion
BBL = Be Back Later
BRB = Be Right Back
There are two acronyms I would like to talk about today, they sound pretty similar FYI and DIY. They are pronounced F-Y-I and D-Y-I.
FYI stands for For Your Information and
DIY stands for Do It Yourself.
So you can say:
F-Y-I, I saw her with another guy. I don't think she likes you. OR
For Your Information, I saw her with another guy. I don't think she likes you.
I think the second one sounds meaner, I often see it used in movies and TV shows where one character is delivering bad news and is trying to sound superior... the tone of voice is important here. FYI may just be used to give a heads up(quick notice so they won't be caught by surprise) or it can be used to be mean by giving information the person will not like receiving.
DIY is a word many guys love and it is used to talk about home construction projects you Do Yourself without help. This could be fixing the plumbing, building a fence, putting down new flooring, etc. It became really popular during the whole home renovation(in Japanese you say renewal or renew) boom. If you want an idea what I mean google DIY and you will see many websites and video examples.
That's it for now,
Phil
USA = United States of America
CIA = Central Intelligence Agency
MILF = Mother I'd like to F*#K
And so on... you often hear acronyms in movies because they are really common in the U.S. military; MPs (Military Police), MREs (Meals Ready to Eat), etc.
They are also really common in internet English:
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
IMHO = In My Honest Opinion
BBL = Be Back Later
BRB = Be Right Back
There are two acronyms I would like to talk about today, they sound pretty similar FYI and DIY. They are pronounced F-Y-I and D-Y-I.
FYI stands for For Your Information and
DIY stands for Do It Yourself.
So you can say:
F-Y-I, I saw her with another guy. I don't think she likes you. OR
For Your Information, I saw her with another guy. I don't think she likes you.
I think the second one sounds meaner, I often see it used in movies and TV shows where one character is delivering bad news and is trying to sound superior... the tone of voice is important here. FYI may just be used to give a heads up(quick notice so they won't be caught by surprise) or it can be used to be mean by giving information the person will not like receiving.
DIY is a word many guys love and it is used to talk about home construction projects you Do Yourself without help. This could be fixing the plumbing, building a fence, putting down new flooring, etc. It became really popular during the whole home renovation(in Japanese you say renewal or renew) boom. If you want an idea what I mean google DIY and you will see many websites and video examples.
That's it for now,
Phil
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