Edit: changed title to reflect the updated title in the article

  • atlas@sh.itjust.works
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    19 days ago

    Police Chief/Constable?

    Personal Computer?

    Private Contractor?

    Pinball Collector?

    We should use the same acronyms for wildly various things without any explanations; that’ll save a ton of time

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      18 days ago

      In this context it means Police Constable. Although the. BBC have since changed the title to be “detective” instead now.

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        18 days ago

        Rightly so, as the article originally stated he was a detective and not a regular constable.

        Either way, using acronyms where they aren’t necessary, especially popular ones with multiple meanings, is a genuinely terrible idea.

        Thanks for sharing the article nonetheless.