"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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I agree with the other point of view that METAR is a much more efficient
communication than native languages. Perhaps because of decades of
computer programming, I even find it to be a logical and (for the most
part) predictable language. You can guess the meaning of an abbreviation
and much of the time be right.

With the exception of BR, unless that has some historical that I'm not aware
of.