Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

[Jeff Blakeney <CUTjblakeney@sentex.net>]

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:57:25 +0000, Halo-
<muhhh@nospam.freeplayuk.co.uk> wrote:

>On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 14:30:43 -0500, Jeff Blakeney
><CUTjblakeney@sentex.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 07:07:43 -0500, "Tom Zuchowski"
>><tzuchow@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Heh. Not that I necessarily disagree with a single one of your reply points,
>>>but I feel I must point out that IMHO also stands for "In My Honest
>>>Opinion," useful for those instances when one does not feel humble about
>>>one's stand.
>>
>>In my over 10 years of using the internet, everything I've seen has
>>said that IMHO means "In My Humble Opinion".
>
>I've been on the internet for 10 years and I've mainly seen "In my
>Honest Opinion", but there you go

Until Tom posted his definition, I had never seen the word "honest"
used in association with that acronym.  I've seen:

     IMO  (In My Opinion)

Used when you want people to know that this is just your opinion.

     IMHO  (In My Humble Opinion)

Usually used when you are offering your opinion on a subject that you
aren't necessarily an expert on or where your opinion might cause some
friction that you aren't really trying to cause.

     IMNSHO  (In My Not So Humble Opinion)

Usually used when you are offering your educated opinion on a subject
that you know a fair bit about.

The phrase "In My Honest Opinion" doesn't really make much sense to
me.  That is kind of like telling people that when you simply said "In
My Opinion" you might have been lying because you didn't stipulate
that it was your honest opinion.  :-)

An opinion is a belief.  If I tell you something that I don't actually
believe then it can't be an opinion.  Therefore, it seems to me that
saying "honest opinion" is a little redundant.  "Humble opinion" means
that I'm telling you what I believe but I recognize the fact that I
could be totally wrong.

At least, that's the way it is, IMHO.  :-)

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