Subj : Echomail Area Changes
To   : Oli
From : Roon
Date : Thu May 04 2023 11:04 am

Hello Oli,

04 May 23 09:32, you wrote to Avon:

 NR>>>> You just couldn't called it FSX_LIFE could you? *sigh*


 Og>>> Maybe the rule of ths echo s to exclude all occurences of the
 Og>>> mssng letter.

 A>> Gents, it's likely my OCD and the desire to keep tags
 A>> simple/short... so that's where I have landed.

 O> _ really dslke these short area names, some are confusng. _ENG for
 O> English, _CRY for Crying? _LFE for Low Frequency Effects (the .1 in
 O> 5.1 Surround)? My brain always refuses to automatically associate the
 O> right word (Enigma, Cryptography, Life) with these weird
 O> abbreviations. It's not simple , it's more complicated than just using
 O> the non-abbreviated word. Also having everything in the same length
 O> makes it a bit harder to distinguish. Variations in length is a good
 O> thing for pattern matching.

 O> But that is just my opinion ;). I'm not saying you are wrong (or I am
 O> right).

+1 on _ENG and _CRY, i am always confused. but i don't have any problems with _LFE :)

Regards,
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