What happened to the WIF list? I liked to peruse the digest archives but nothing has happened since July.
The old list is no longer running. There is a new one though to subscribe to it just follow the instructions below:

Go to the eGroups site at

http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/wifdiscussion

and click the "JOIN" button

Some of the abbreviations used on the list are peculiar to WiF, others are generic to Internet lingo, they are grouped accordingly below:

FREX: FoR EXample

IMO: In My Opinion, there are many variations on this..

IMHO: In My Humble Opinion

IMAO: In My Arrogant Opinion

IMNSHO: In My Not So Humble Opinion (well feel free to think of more...-))

IOW: In Other Words

AFAIK: As Far As I Know,

AFAICT: As Far As I Can Tell

IIRC: If I Recall Correctly

BTW: By The Way

OTOH: On the other hand

FYI: For Your Interest

WiF: World in Flames

WiF:FE: World in Flames: Final Edition

WiFC: World In Flames Classic

WiFD: World In Flames Deluxe

VWiF: Vanilla World In Flames - refers to WiF 5th edition with no expansions

FBWiF: Full Blown World In Flames - refers to WiF 5th edition with all expansions

PiF: Planes in Flames

SiF: Ships in Flames

AfA: Africa Aflame

AsA: Asia Aflame

MiF: Mech in Flames

AiF: America in Flames

CVPiF: Carrier Planes in Flames

CWiF: Computer World in Flames

NSU: Naval Supply Unit

RAW: Rules As Written

RAE: Rules As Erraticized

A2A: Air to Air factors

A2S: Air to Sea (naval) factors

MAP: Map As Printed (I like that one!!!-)))

NEI: Netherlands East Indies

TERR: Territorial Unit

GARR: Garrison Unit

FTR2: 2-turn Fighter FTR3: 3-turn Fighter

LND2: 2-turn Land Bomber

LND3: 3-turn Land Bomber

CVP: Carrier Plane

CP: Convoy Point

DSB: Defensive Shore Bombardment

OOS: Out Of Supply

CW: Commonwealth

LOS: Limited Overseas Supply

RTB: Return To Base

MVF: Metropolitan Vichy France

LBA: Land Based Aircraft