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AGLIFF Opening Night Party at Annies
For good reason, American newspapers shy away from abbreviations. This form of lazy shorthand clutters up sentences. And it often means nothing, except to insiders, thereby excluding many readers.
Kyle Henry, Paul Soileau and PJ Raval
One of the few exceptions for local media is AGLIFF, which not only looks and sounds snappy, it is a widely accepted stand-in for the long-winded Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival. (Imagine what it would look like if BTQ, etc. were added to the title of the annual mash-up.)
Robyn Grona and Anthony Martinez of Luxe Promotions
The opening AGLIFF selection this year, “Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls,” dealt with lesbians at Alamo South. Yet the after-movie assembly at Annies Cafe and Bar on Congress Avenue — delayed by Hermine’s wind and rain — proved predominately male and, as gay film festival crowds go, young. But that’s Austin, for many demographic and cultural reasons.
Christopher Carbone and Marvin Chaney
Prominent local filmmakers attended. As did visitors from other centers of gay culture. At one point, AGLIFF founder Scott Dinger and current AGLIFF director Skot Tulk huddled near the pizza slabs and cheese puffs at the center of the cleared cafe. Scott and Skot keep alive almost three decades of cultural relevance and memory in Austin.
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By Ginger
September 9, 2010 12:05 PM | Link to this
I agree that abbreviations and acronyms can shut down people outside of an organization. In my office, we constantly abbreviate student organizations. Whenever I talk about what we do, I feel as if I am translating a foreign language.
By Ginger
September 9, 2010 12:03 PM | Link to this
Isn't it strange how many abbreviations are used constantly? I agree that abbreviations and acronyms can shut down outsiders from understanding what an organization really does! At my office, everything has an abbreviation, and it turns into using a foreign language that I have to translate whenever I talk about what I do.