Abbreviation - Use of parm. ? (1 Viewer)

[Smile12345]

Hello All

Does anyone use the abbreviation parm. instead of parallelogram?

I believe this was acceptable in previous years and not sure if it still is...

I would be glad of comments/ideas in regard to this.

 

[albertcamus]

AHAHAHAl no way you're allowed to do that sounds like Parmigiana

 

[Smile12345]

AHAHAHAl no way you're allowed to do that sounds like Parmigiana

Seriously!?!?!

 

[albertcamus]

10/10 srs

10/10 would not abbreviate to parm.

 

[SharkeyBoy]

I've never heard of parm. hahaha!!

 

[Smile12345]

10/10 srs

10/10 would not abbreviate to parm.

Hmmm. Rightio then... I'll have to consider not using it... I'm sure it's been used in the past?!

 

[Smile12345]

I've never heard of parm. hahaha!!

Really? Quite interesting.. hehe... No, I think it was used in the past and just wondered if anyone recognised it today!

 

[Drongoski]

You cannot invent your own abbreviation - unless its meaning is compellingly obvious. But I have used //gram ages ago.

 

[Smile12345]

You cannot invent your own abbreviation - unless its meaning is compellingly obvious. But I have used //gram ages ago.

No, I honestly didn't invent my own abbreviation!! It was given by teacher... Yeah ok then, thanks for your thoughts...

 

[Drongoski]

No, I honestly didn't invent my own abbreviation!! It was given by teacher... Yeah ok then, thanks for your thoughts...

In my view your teacher was being silly; you should use abbreviations that are widely used & accepted. In no way would I have guessed parm stands for parallelogram. Maybe he/she was writing in a hurry and did not expect anyone to adopt it; but if your teacher does, please send him/her to me for a talking-to.

 

[Smile12345]

In my view your teacher was being silly; you should use abbreviations that are widely used & accepted. In no way would I have guessed parm stands for parallelogram. Maybe he/she was writing in a hurry and did not expect anyone to adopt it; but if your teacher does, please send him/her to me for a talking-to.

I agree that I should use abbreviations that are widely used and accepted and don't want to use others.... Maybe they used it over 10yrs ago... ? Could this be possible? Just a thought...

 

[braintic]

In my view your teacher was being silly; you should use abbreviations that are widely used & accepted. In no way would I have guessed parm stands for parallelogram. Maybe he/she was writing in a hurry and did not expect anyone to adopt it; but if your teacher does, please send him/her to me for a talking-to.

Parm has been an abbreviation for parallelogram as long as I can remember. A Google search gives countless examples.

 

[asianese]

I have seen parm used.

In any case just write parallelogram...it doesn't hurt and will guarantee the marker knows you mean parallelogram..

 

[Smile12345]

Parm has been an abbreviation for parallelogram as long as I can remember. A Google search gives countless examples.

Awesome!! At least someone has seen the term, I was starting to wonder if I'd really gone up the wrong track! Yeah ok then...

What words did you Google????

 

[Smile12345]

I have seen parm used.

In any case just write parallelogram...it doesn't hurt and will guarantee the marker knows you mean parallelogram..

Right....

Yeah I agree with you. I think I'll be safe and just write parallelogram....

 

[zhiying]

//gram is what I have used since like, forever.

 

[zhiying]

I'm pretty sure it is acceptable too

 

[Smile12345]

//gram is what I have used since like, forever.

Right ok. Thanks heaps... It must have been acceptable seeing though you've done HSC!!

 

[iBibah]

Right ok. Thanks heaps... It must have been acceptable seeing though you've done HSC!!

Not necessarily, who said he got the marks for it?

 

[Smile12345]

Not necessarily, who said he got the marks for it?

True.... No-one did...