Englische Akronyme und Abkürzungen (nach Themen)

DIVING INTO ALPHABET SOUP - What's with all those letters?

by Linda Lee Walden - Reprinted with permission from the March 2001 issue of Dive Training magazine.


Do you know where the word "scuba" comes from? Although there are those that insist it is an acronym - a word derived from the first (or first few) letters of several words - for Some Come Up Barely Alive (purely in jest, mind you), the verifiable truth is that scuba is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.

When even the name of our sport is shortened from a longer description, is it any wonder that our scuba language is liberally peppered with acronyms and abbreviations? Scuba "lingo" often becomes so embedded in our conversations that we forget the original meanings of our shortcut words. And pity the poor novice who wanders into a group of experienced divers or picks up a typical dive publication!

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