• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    ETA? Estimated Time of Arrival?

    One of us doesn’t know what that stands for. I feel like the time my grandpa died, and mom sent me an email telling me “We’re going to the funeral this Friday to pay respects to grandpa. LOL!”

    I was quite confused. Turns out she grew up with “Lots Of Love”. For a second she seemed like she turned into an absolute psychopath, for like…no reason.

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      20 hours ago

      ETA = Edit to add

      Just trying to explain why my comment changed, in case anyone saw it before that LOL.

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      1 day ago

      ETA? Estimated Time of Arrival?

      In this context, it means “Edited To Add”. I do wish they abbreviated it some other way, since “Estimated Time of Arrival” is a much more common meaning. I would accept “E2A” or something stupid, as long as it was more unique. Alternatively, they could just use “Edit:”.

      Edit: added link.