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Old 23rd December 2008, 09:43 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by justanobody View Post
I think all people need to be happy about it is if the lower case version wasn't saddled with the stupid acronym to give the same message that the acronym is stupid. That way people can talk about their favorite fruit without worry of being thought of as someone who thinks you should critique their fruit likes and dislikes. That way you don't have to worry about people doing something like: "PEACH my peach." The second one is acceptable term, but not the first.
That's why I think a better tooltip would be "downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh". It still expresses disapproval of the acronym but does it in a more... subtle manner. And it's unlikely to offend anyone because it doesn't sound like a personal attack.
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