Why please!?

[Andydn]

All these abbreviations! I’m slowly learning them but one I don’t get - why is White Water abbreviated to WH20??
Someone put me out of my misery.

 

[Epotech]

W white

H20 water

Simple

 

[Hullshark]

W …… White
H2O ……… Water

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

...Because WW was already taken by WhirlWind

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Nobody mention Waterworld [emoji16]

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[Andydn]

**** me, how did I not work that out!
Thank you - I feel I can relax now!

 

[Hullshark]

...Because WW was already taken by WhirlWind

But that didn’t stop them with White Water and Waterworld …………

 

[Hullshark]

https://www.pinballnews.com/learn/acronyms.html

 

[Slimetime]

W?D is my personal favourite. It's a bit sad that I have a favourite abbreviation, but there you go.

 

[M4carp]

W?D is my personal favourite. It's a bit sad that I have a favourite abbreviation, but there you go.

I had to click on that, now I feel a plonker

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

Nobody mention Waterworld [emoji16]

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None of the cool kids ever do, so we’re good.

 

[ianw]

Did you do science?

 

[biglouieuk]

All these abbreviations! I’m slowly learning them but one I don’t get - why is White Water abbreviated to WH20??
Someone put me out of my misery.

I click on every single one... Not a clue...

 

[steve brum]

SS gets me. Super Sonic? Strikes n Spares ? Space Shuttle (williams) ? Space Shuttle (zac)? Space Station? Nope its Scared Stiff

 

[Epotech]

Generally games made before the internet say 1989 don't get abbreviations. It's a forum thing.

 

[wilbers]

There are 4 now that each would have been abbreviated to WW had they been released earliest.

Whirlwind
Whitewater
Waterworld
Willy Wonka

Does Willy Wonka have an accepted abbreviation yet?

 

[astyy]

ID4 was a head scratcher for me.

 

[strobey]

Then you have DESW for no apparent reason... SW was unused at the time!

I dont recall any other DE pin getting that treatment.

Tim

 

[BigIan]

ID4 was a head scratcher for me.

Fourth of July = Independence Day

Then you have DESW for no apparent reason... SW was unused at the time!

I dont recall any other DE pin getting that treatment.

Tim

Sonic had a Star Wars before Data East (Spanish Sega division)
( obviously William and stern where after)

 

[strobey]

Yeah but it's so rare and early no-one ever used 'SW' for that. Or not that I ever saw anyway. It's odd..

 

[Dave Bishop]

There are 4 now that each would have been abbreviated to WW had they been released earliest.

Whirlwind
Whitewater
Waterworld
Willy Wonka

Does Willy Wonka have an accepted abbreviation yet?

WWCF
Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory

 

[BigIan]

Yeah but it's so rare and early no-one ever used 'SW' for that. Or not that I ever saw anyway. It's odd..

Possibly to do with Sega/Data East/Sreen all being the same company? To avoid confusion, tag it as the data east one rather the sonic/Segasa one

dunno, maybe..?

 

[Nickoss II]

What about Sea Witch? Probably more of them around than Spanish Star Wars...

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

No idea why Popeye is P*P*Y* [emoji848]!?! It's quicker to just type Popeye ffs [emoji23]

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[Hullshark]

No idea why Popeye is P*P*Y* [emoji848]!?! It's quicker to just type Popeye ffs [emoji23]

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Used when being derogatory …… so as not to upset Popeye lovers

 

[Wayne J]

MSF was the one that I had to ask what the hell it stood for

 

[DanLewell]

If Frankenstein is MSF does that make avatar JCA?

 

[johnwhitfield]

Without looking. What’s sterns Indiana Jones abbreviated as?

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Without looking. What’s sterns Indiana Jones abbreviated as?

IJ4...... as it does feature Crystal Skull (shudders) content

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[Paul]

I need to update the list on here i think.