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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Maria_Obligacia 14

Hey at least your presentation made them happy!

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dukefoiegras 7

Yea. Std is the universal abbr for standard deviation. If your supervisor doesn't know, he truly is an idiot and joke is on him. But maybe you shouldn't say "S" "T" "D" by itself...if you do...then YDI

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NagainaFier 16

My stat teacher uses STD for standard deviation, so don't feel too bad; you're not the only one. Aren't they suppose to be professionals?

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russianspy1234 11

Uhh yes it is. It's not the most common one, but I've definitely seen it used as such.

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DanielT1994 19

Don't worry OP. my Statistics teacher uses that one. You're not alone.

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minnymouse20 13

Glad to see i'm not the only female programmer here ^.^

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Principessa101 20

My math professor (who speaks perfect English) uses the same exact abbreviation.

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TGPOLO 1

To bad it's STI now but still ******* funny.

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