>But with all these TLAs I can't make head or tail of it

One of my first impulses after coming to Canada was to to write a TLA dictionary, but I quickly realized the enormity of the task, and decided instead to retaliate against TLA users by joining the TLA producers. I can do FLAs too.
Spelling was a equally big annoyance, now I 50% winning score – I win when somebody asks me to spell my last name.