[SilasX]

It seems to save a lot of hassle to just say "Note:" instead, rather than an obscure acronym that already has a non-obscure, short equivalent.

Reminds me of a forum I was on, where people would edit posts and preface the edit with "ETA:" (edited to add). But virtually every time someone had to ask what it meant, and eventually people started using "Edit:".

[mb_72]

Perhaps NB is more of a European thing? I see it here often, but never did once in Australia. That said, I don't consider NB close to being 'obscure'.

[ajdlinux]

Am Australian, I don't see it here much but I think most white-collar workers would definitely have seen it.

[mb_72]

Perhaps you are right - my 'problem' is that my parents are of an age were they studied Latin at High School, and as a result some of their education rubbed off on me; I no longer remember where I learned 'NB' (and other Latin miscellanea). Try living with parents who liked making witty and snarky comments in Latin about one and one's brother when one was trying to survive life as a nerdy teenager! :)