Mad Mardigan Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Do you think voters of the LP will affect the election by taking away votes from a canidate? If so, which one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 When you are using an acronym it's common practice to display the first instance in its expanded form, so that people know what you are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mardigan Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 Sorry, science major, not english major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atinymonkey Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 It's standard in science papers, very few english papers have acronyms in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 That wasn't really the response I was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J'Dona Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I think Mad Mardigan was referring to the Libertarian Party. However, it could also apply to the Labour Party, the question being for some reason whether its votes might detract from the three or four other parties with significant support. His location ("The South"), might mean London or thereabouts. I know that's not true, but a newcomer might. Anyway, I don't think there would be much of a difference, since voters who vote for the Libertarian party are clearly voting for the party that represents them the best, rather than one of the two options with a chance of success. In that case, if they weren't able to vote for the Libertarian party they might not vote at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 When you are using an acronym it's common practice to display the first instance in its expanded form' date=' so that people know what you are talking about. [/quote'] Sayonara, I'm glad you mentioned that, there are numerous times when I didn't know an acronym. The common usage for "LP" around here is "liquid propane". Furthermore, I've noticed that people use the "quick reply" without referring to whom they're replying too..........annoying, especially if the reference post is 6 posts back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I had guessed it wasn't "Long Play" but I didn't think much of my chances with Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 http://www.acronymfinder.com/ is very good for this purpose.... indeed LP comes up with 92 results whenever i search something on that site, it always comes up with loads of different things, from there you have to use common sense! (on that site dont bother with the 'go' button, useless links to amazon - try it, you'll see what i mean.) at the same time it is very advised to write what the abbreviation stands for so that others who dont know, cant find it or dont know about this website know... so please DO write what the acronym means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I had guessed it wasn't "Long Play" but I didn't think much of my chances with Google. I googled LP....I found... Latin percussion libertarian party Louisiana Pacific lonely planet lincoln park launchers and precision No 'long play", at least on page 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mardigan Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 libertarian party Since it is 3rd largest and fastest growing party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john5746 Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I think LP voters would normally support W. If some of the swing states are close like Florida was in 00, then its possible they will make an impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I didn't know what he meant either. And I think I'm pretty well informed. My answer to the question of the subject of this thread is: "None". My answer to the body of the first post of this thread is: "No". I'll tell you guys a funny story about perceptions of the libertarian party. A few months ago I took a prominent Desk Editor of a major international news organziation to task via email for a story they wrote in which they quoted a source at the Cato Institute, which of course is the famous libertarian think-tank. The issue I was expressing my disappointment about isn't material at the moment, but what startled me was the reply, which suggested that since Cato was libertarian, they were therefore "more to the right than the left of the political spectrum". Something tells me the folks at Cato would not be amused to learn they're closet conservatives. (chuckle) (I have these little run-ins with higher-ups in the media all the time, by the way. You'd be amazed at some of the names in my collection -- but *ANYBODY* can do this. They really don't get as much email as you might think, and if you email them they're actually quite likely to read it and maybe even respond. My only advice is that you be respectful and not emotional or extreme in your approach, or you might be a little embarassed when they respond and point out where you made your mistake. As you might imagine, this has happened to me. More than once. And that's all I'm sayin'.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 The issue I was expressing my disappointment about isn't material at the moment, but what startled me was the reply, which suggested that since Cato was libertarian, they were therefore "more to the right than the left of the political spectrum". Something tells me the folks at Cato would not be amused to learn they're closet conservatives. (chuckle) Well libertarians are generally considered to be "conservative" or "right-leaning" on fiscal/economic issues, so if this article was talking about fiscal or economic policy, it wouldn't be off the mark to say Cato leans right. If the article was talking about, say, gay marriage, then yes, it makes no sense to refer to Cato as right-leaning with regard to that issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Exactly. I hope you didn't miss my point.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi_of_9 Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 This Libertarian voted Kerry, This Libertarian voted Bush, This Libertarian voted Nader, This Libertarian voted none... This Libertarian cried why, why, why can't we have a good candidate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atinymonkey Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I googled LP....I found... No 'long play"' date=' at least on page 1[/quote'] Long Play, as in an LP album. It's what we had before CD's and tapes. The common term is now 'vinyl', but us older guys still call them LP's. The term LP was widespread when refering to albums for over two decades, hence the confusion. It's like posting a thread about 'how much if an impact will the CD have' and actually meaning the Conservative Democrats. Hope that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 rofl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Long Play' date=' as in an LP album. It's what we had before CD's and tapes. The common term is now 'vinyl', but us older guys still call them LP's. The term LP was widespread when refering to albums for over two decades, hence the confusion. It's like posting a thread about [i']'how much if an impact will the CD have'[/i] and actually meaning the Conservative Democrats. Hope that makes sense. atinymonkey Good one. Yup, I know the old LP's, actually I go back beyond the 45s........maybe to the 78s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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