By EnglishLearner - 09/11/2012 16:23 - Switzerland - Mannedorf

Today, I had to present a program to my supervisors in University. Not being a native English speaker, I used my own invented abbreviations for parameters in the program. Apparently STD is not an appropriate abbreviation for "standard deviation." I can still hear them laughing. FML
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pheebs314 17

STD is the abbreviation that all of my statistics teachers used... and calculus. They were just being immature.

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TheyCallMeDamien 17

You'll be okay. You just made my day. It's not that big of a deal but I guarantee they will never forget you. You'll get better over time so just keep working on it.

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Chicharrin 3

What does STD means? I'm not native english speaker too...

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dodzin 9

Sexually transmitted disease

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venomlash 9

Huh? std is totally used to represent standard deviation. It's just not usually capitalized the way STD (sexually transmitted disease) is.

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katiecherrie 4

Stds are called STIs now anyway. Sexually transmitted infection.

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buckdharma 37

if you deviate from the standard that could cause an std. huh ?

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jjmiller1001 17

that's awesome op. dont worry you will bounce back though

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iwadasn 32

Even if "STD" didn't mean something else, how did you expect your supervisors to understand you if you just invented your own abbreviations? If you don't know how to abbreviate something, ask someone or Google it. It's as simple as that.

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iwadasn 32

Read the FML again. "I used my own invented abbreviations."

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acdance08 6

Yall are stupid std is a way to say standard deviation!!! Fml!!! Go back to high school

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