i have been reading a lot of the posts herein.... and it has occurred to me... (and this will surely betray my newbie-ness) there are an awful lot of abbreviations and terms used that leave me essentially having no clue what was said.... is there a book out there someplace "swimese for dummies" or the like? i speak several languages, sadly swimese is not yet among them.....
i can swim two miles comfortably, and have energy left over after to go run three miles... but decode the posts on this board?....
any reference/resource suggestions gladly accepted...
thanks.
be,
jim
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i will start keeping a list to post here.... some that come to mind.....
FR, 2BK, SCY, SCM, BR, BF, IM, SPL, SL, SR, PR, PB, and on and on...
basically... it seems, any term for which swimmers use an abbreviation... it's like any other endeavor. any activity which has a lot of adherents also develops, over time, a unique sub-language. most adherents don't even realize they have learned another language...
be,
jim
i will start keeping a list to post here.... some that come to mind.....
FR, 2BK, SCY, SCM, BR, BF, IM, SPL, SL, SR, PR, PB, and on and on...
basically... it seems, any term for which swimmers use an abbreviation... it's like any other endeavor. any activity which has a lot of adherents also develops, over time, a unique sub-language. most adherents don't even realize they have learned another language...
be,
jim
