# Every English Alphabet Three-Letter Abbreviation in Pictures **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204 "2016-04-26T18:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/41 "2016-05-11T19:32:04Z")
They’ve been hexed: [http://www.abjcampusvirtual.edu.pe/pluginfile.php/2/course/section/2/Abj%20Ingenieros.jpg](http://www.abjcampusvirtual.edu.pe/pluginfile.php/2/course/section/2/Abj%20Ingenieros.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/42 "2016-05-11T19:36:58Z")
[OG Predator](http://s189.photobucket.com/user/Psycho-C/media/Psychopathic/abklogo.png.html) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/43 "2016-05-12T04:00:57Z")
[Play ball!](http://baseballdeworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ABL-Logo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/44 "2016-05-12T04:09:07Z")
Yet another company outsourcing its workers to [humanoid seals.](http://blog.abm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lou-Seals-in-ABM-Van.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/45 "2016-05-12T04:17:35Z")
[AMRO](http://logodatabases.com/abn-amro-logo.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/46 "2016-05-12T13:47:34Z")
[African Basketball, anyone?](http://www.africanbasketball.org/wp-content/themes/abo-organization/images/logo.png) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/47 "2016-05-12T14:37:00Z")
How about a snack after that African basketball game?: [http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ABPFoodGroup-Logo-3.jpg](http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ABPFoodGroup-Logo-3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/48 "2016-05-13T21:08:12Z")
Last seen by a baggage handler in Mozambique [![](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/3115265786_1b02bea2a1_m.jpg) ](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/3115265786_1b02bea2a1_m.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/49 "2016-05-15T17:49:58Z")
ABR - Brazilian radio station. [http://redeabr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/abr-retina.png](http://redeabr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/abr-retina.png) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/50 "2016-05-15T19:13:07Z")
Searching on ABS or A.B.S. - [THIS](http://cdn-maf0.heartyhosting.com/sites/muscleandfitness.com/files/Abs%202_7.jpg) is what I got. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/51 "2016-05-15T21:14:04Z")
Just add logo to the letters and a few will come up. Then click more images and hundreds will come up. There’s even AUM ABS which has a drawing of your guy, sort of, in the logo. Is your mutt a pain in the butt? Then go to ABT. [http://advancebehaviouraltraining.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/abt\_logo\_colour.png](http://advancebehaviouraltraining.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/abt_logo_colour.png) ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/52 "2016-05-15T21:19:28Z")
[I think this will work](http://www.abu.org.my/images/xtopia_asset/Event/CAMF2013/ABU%20Logo.jpg) from these people: [Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union](http://www.abu.org.my/Event-_-CAMF2013.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/53 "2016-05-16T13:26:36Z")
At Lex and 97th, with no hint as to what it stands for - [ABV](http://www.abvny.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/54 "2016-05-20T03:55:54Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > At Lex and 97th, with no hint as to what it stands for - [ABV](http://www.abvny.com/) Damn, I was just a few blocks from there this past weekend, I might have tried it. Does anyone else think this [logo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agencja_Bezpiecze%C5%84stwa_Wewn%C4%99trznego#/media/File:Logo_ABW.png) looks like a bird stealing tighty-whiteys? ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/55 "2016-05-20T13:20:59Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Damn, I was just a few blocks from there this past weekend, I might have tried it. > > Does anyone else think this [logo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agencja_Bezpiecze%C5%84stwa_Wewn%C4%99trznego#/media/File:Logo_ABW.png) looks like a bird stealing tighty-whiteys? Definitely. Those crazy Polish spies…they might not have figured out your mission, but at least they got your underwear. ## As to ABV, would a restaurant name itself after “alcohol by volume”? Onward…access to the global metals marketplace for the commonfolk - [ABX](https://abx.com/custom-themes/custom/images/logo.png). > **[Use Allocated Bullion Exchange to Buy Precious Metals](https://www.goldvu.com/allocated-bullion-exchange.html)** > > Allocated Bullion Exchange is accessed here. Open a Holding to find, buy and store wholesale physical bullion from 7 major global precious metals markets. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/56 "2016-05-20T15:41:18Z")
αβγ is Greek to me. [http://www.metaixmio.gr/images/thumbs/0001293\_195.jpeg](http://www.metaixmio.gr/images/thumbs/0001293_195.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/57 "2016-05-22T23:21:47Z")
Foul! alpha beta gamma may pass for ABG but not [ABY](http://www.abyconsult.eu/images/logo_aby-consult-28square29.png) To keep the post number accurate [ABZ](http://cdn3.abz.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/abz.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/58 "2016-05-24T06:03:50Z")
[Obamacare](https://timeonhands.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/affordable-care-act-logo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/59 "2016-05-24T19:10:20Z")
I so wanted to find a reference to ABCs for dyslexics but instead you need to settle for [kokopelli](http://acbcert.com/images/documents/ACB-LOGO-kokopelli2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/60 "2016-05-24T20:30:49Z")
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