A small request for the benefit of us foreigners...

[mauve]

Please, is it possible, especially for front page news as in https://www.mu-43.com/f92/g2-300-body-only-gh1-350-panasonic-10118/, that TLAs (Three Letters Abbreviations) like EPP be expanded in full words ?

That the common language here be english is OK for the sake of mutual understanding, but many of the members are not perfectly bilingual (I'm not), and this kind of written shorthand is especially difficult to understand when english is a learned 2nd language and not the mother tongue of the reader, because TLAs are as much cultural references as they are part of the speech per se.

TIA,

Manuel

 

[Spuff]

I didn't know what EPP meant either (and I am English).
Perhaps it's a North American thing.
Apparently it means Employee Personal/Pricing page.

 

[Brianetta]

I didn't know what EPP meant either (and I am English).

I was a little puzzled by it, too. Then again, we're foreign - we're English.

 

[antifuse]

Canadian here, and didn't know what it meant.

 

[jc_rex]

i get epp through panasonic, hp and other companies through my work...
i thought it meant employee purchase program...

 

[Amin]

Good point, Manuel. Will try to keep in mind!

 

[Streetshooter]

100% American, Admin, no clue what that means...
Now that's a scary thought....
Dazed & confused.... Shooter

 

[Bill Gordon]

I didn't know what EPP meant either (and I am English).
Perhaps it's a North American thing.
Apparently it means Employee Personal/Pricing page.

Is that really what it means??

 

[Spuff]

Is that really what it means??

I don't know, I just found it on a web page and it seemed about right. It was a small sample of one, so it might well not be accurate. It seems it means something like that.

 

[Bill Gordon]

I don't know, I just found it on a web page and it seemed about right. It was a small sample of one, so it might well not be accurate. It seems it means something like that.

Well we in Canada have similar problems with short forms and I applaud the use of the full names whatever they are.....or.......give is a list of the shorts and the longs of it

 

[Luckypenguin]

I'm sure the English would say that Australians stopped speaking their language a long time ago.

 

[Brianetta]

No, they just switched from use to abuse...

My dad lives in Brisbane. Do say hello if you see him. (-:

 

[Iconindustries]

Nah I dunno what it means either. Must be Chinese aye?

 

[lenshoarder]

Is that really what it means??

No. As someone posted earlier. It means Employee Purchase Program. It's not a matter of whether you speak American or not, it's whether you are familiar with the terms. Even many Amuricans ain't. Unless you've worked for a large company or organization, you've most likely not run into it.

 

[BBW]

Thank you Mauve.

I have heard of this sort of policy, as you've described lenshoarder, but I would never have guessed at the acronym either.

 

[Brian S]

It stands for Extended Parallel Port.

Do not know what it means with regard to camera sales.

 

[Streetshooter]

It stands for Extended Parallel Port.

Do not know what it means with regard to camera sales.

Hmmmmm,
I thought it meant...
Enlightened Pixel Peepers..... Hey..hey...

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

[mqavila]

On a related note... I've seen references to "IBIS" but being a photo newbie, I honestly don't know what it means? Can someone enlighten me please? Thanks!

 

[Streetshooter]

IBIS = In Body Image Stabilizer.

 

[Alanroseman]

I've lived in New England for 59 years. I'm no longer fluent in any language...

We lost the "R" many years before I was born...