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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

This article does that annoying thing where it uses ~~acronyms~~ Initialisms without previously using the full verbiage at least once.

BEV - Battery-Electric Vehicle

NGDV - Next Generation Delivery Vehicle

LLV - Long Life Vehicle

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

To be fair I immediately assumed NGDV was Next Generation Delivery Vehicle. idk how, I just did

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To translate further:

BEV - self explanatory never mind

NGDV - Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, The new mail truck that looks like a duck

LLV - The Grumman Long Life Vehicle, the classic mail truck.

and as a bonus

FFV - The Ford-Utilimaster Flexible Fuel Vehicle, the early 2000s mail truck that looks like the LLV that you buy from wish.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Initialisms, technically. But thank you nevertheless.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

And yet there’s no html tag, and it hurts me.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

TIL about initialisms, which are like acronyms but when you pronounce the initial letters individually instead of like a spelled out word. DVD being an initialism, versus SCUBA being an acronym.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who the hell calls a BEV a woman's name?

Bev sounds like you're shortening Beverly. BEV and you know it's a vehicle.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good point, why say BEV when you could say BEV

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

TOMATO vs [tʰə̥ˈmeɪɾoʊ]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago