When I see an abbreviation, I assume it means something. Do you think that when one sees a word, assuming it has the usual meaning is 'assuming' something? Only in the most extreme sense could that be true. If I assume you know French, yes, that is an 'assumption' because -- I have no knowledge if you know French or not, so for me to say "You seem to know French" would be an assumption.
When I say "MHz" I 'assume' it is an abbreviation. Because, it does not parse as a 'word'. Therefore, the next question is: WHICH abbreviation is it? Does it have a Capital M at the beginning? If it does, then that usually means "Mega" in Scientific/Engineering circles. Does it have an 'm' in the beginning, such as ml? then 'm' means 'milli-' like it usually does with Scientific/Engineering units. When I see 'mhz' --- well, first little 'm' means milli, h -- oh, I see, it's Hz but not properly capitalized, ok, so it's milli-hertz. oh, what, no, I have to know that ARM (supposedly) cannot operate at the milli-hertz range, so now -- with all that context --- I can now make an educated guess what 'mhz' means.
Really?
Are you suggesting I should not ever assume an abbreviation means what it usually means? And I must adopt your way, which is fully context-dependent (and not even accurate in that case)?
I do feel as if you may be a 'word lawyer' and so, I will stop trying to communicate, since this is going to be painful for me. Good day.
When I say "MHz" I 'assume' it is an abbreviation. Because, it does not parse as a 'word'. Therefore, the next question is: WHICH abbreviation is it? Does it have a Capital M at the beginning? If it does, then that usually means "Mega" in Scientific/Engineering circles. Does it have an 'm' in the beginning, such as ml? then 'm' means 'milli-' like it usually does with Scientific/Engineering units. When I see 'mhz' --- well, first little 'm' means milli, h -- oh, I see, it's Hz but not properly capitalized, ok, so it's milli-hertz. oh, what, no, I have to know that ARM (supposedly) cannot operate at the milli-hertz range, so now -- with all that context --- I can now make an educated guess what 'mhz' means.
Really?
Are you suggesting I should not ever assume an abbreviation means what it usually means? And I must adopt your way, which is fully context-dependent (and not even accurate in that case)?
I do feel as if you may be a 'word lawyer' and so, I will stop trying to communicate, since this is going to be painful for me. Good day.