I (heart) ATL
I just got back from a vacation to the east coast, and in one restaurant bathroom I saw an interesting piece of graffiti:
I (heart) ATL
Actually, that wasn't the only interesting insight written on that stall wall. There also was:
Continental breakfast isn't real breakfast!
Indeed. But anyway, I was pretty surprised to see such passion for ATL... until I remembered that I was in Atlanta, so ATL probably didn't stand for Active Template Library! It was a simple case of civic pride.
That's actually not the first time my comprehension of the English language was tainted by tech jargon. I once did a double-take when someone (Joey, maybe?) said "cocreate" in an episode of Friends! Has anyone else been caught off guard by tech jargon seeming to appear in non-technical conversation? When you hear “mom,” is Microsoft Operations Manager the first thing that pops into your mind? (I hope not!)