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Anyone know why this is all caps?
I like to imagine that Barret was emailing a terrorist threat to Shin-Ra and accidentally hit the capslock with this big ass gun hand and couldn't figure out how to turn it off, like a grandma who is using a computer for the first time. Marlene would've helped him out--because kids know all about computers--but she was serving at a bar because Tifa was out doing god knows what.
I never thought about it. According to some it's all caps because it's supposed to be an acronym. Of what I have no idea.
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I imagine it was just a way to identify it as an important term. SHINRA and SOLDIER are both all capped as well.
Shin-Ra actually isn't all caps in almost any of the places it appears.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
And SOLDIER is an acronym. :D
Everyone knows caps lock denotes shouting and Barret yells a lot. Can't you picture him bellowing "AVALAAAAAAAANCHE!" instead of just casually saying it?
They probably should have put all words in capitals to avoid confusion.
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Originally Posted by Psychotic
Standing for what? It's a rubbish acronym.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkybladeShin-Ra actually isn't all caps in almost any of the places it appears.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
And SOLDIER is an acronym. :D
Forgot that Shin-Ra is weird though. Still, it would make sense to have the two diametrically opposed groups of SOLDIER and AVALANCHE capped. Has more gravitas like that, too.
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This is the dumbest acronym I've ever seen. It's like they just took words that kind of relate to the world 'soldier' and pushed 'em together hoping they'd make sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyblade
They? Nah, that was something that I came up with back when FFVII first came out.Quote:
Originally Posted by JinxThis is the dumbest acronym I've ever seen. It's like they just took words that kind of relate to the world 'soldier' and pushed 'em together hoping they'd make sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyblade
I was young and foolish, what can I say?
Oh, oops. Sorry. :lol:
I thought it meant:Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyblade
So Old Let's Die In Every Room
it's a stylistic choice hth
As far as backronyms go, that goes alright, but I am glad I didn't miss anything :jess:
I've heard worse backronyms as created by the rl U.S. government... *sigh* I came up with a backronym for the word sword. I use it in my stories to define a group as being part of Strategies, Weapons, and ORganized Defenses.Quote:
Originally Posted by JinxThis is the dumbest acronym I've ever seen. It's like they just took words that kind of relate to the world 'soldier' and pushed 'em together hoping they'd make sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyblade
Like HAMMER versus SHIELD, I think of AVALANCHE as just trying to match SOLDIER aesthetically while SOLDIER is likely an acronym... backronymed.