Comments on: Blog 32: ACAT, HACC and EACHD to boot http://www.mydementiajourney.com/blog-32-acat-hacc-and-eachd-to-boot/ a blog about my dementia journey Sat, 01 Mar 2014 02:53:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Fay http://www.mydementiajourney.com/blog-32-acat-hacc-and-eachd-to-boot/#comment-1634 Fay Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:18:41 +0000 http://www.mydementiajourney.com/?p=322#comment-1634 As we go through life, we all come across these languages that various professions create by using acronyms. The Department of Health is no different to any other. I have read that this occurs because it allows people on the inner circle to feel superior to those who are shut out. But I don’t think that that is the case. I think people do it to save time. It is easier to say one word rather than four, e.g., “radar” rather than “radio detection and ranging”.

But I do think that, when we first started learning about computers, those in the know had a lot of fun with we novices as they talked about the “mouse” and “rams” and “bytes”. That language that grew up around computers made the Department of Health’s efforts seem paltry.

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