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Re: Thank God for Lugnet
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Date: 
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:19:25 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:

But there is an entry for newsfroup...


And so there is:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/jargon_29.html#TAG1250

to wit:
newsfroup // /n./

[Usenet] Silly synonym for newsgroup, originally a typo but now in
regular use on Usenet's talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups.
Compare hing, grilf, and filk.

So I stand corrected, sort of. Some key points, though. It's silly.
We're not, we are all very serious. Also, it's used in lunatic-fringe
groups, not here where things are mainstream, sober and serious. (1)

1 - for the humor impaired, please note that it is Friday and I am 15
min from a trip to the airport.

--
Larry Pieniazek    http://my.voyager.net/lar
For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
- Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
- Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
- This is a family newsgroup, thanks.



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  Re: Thank God for Lugnet
 
(...) Nobody call rec.arts.sf.written....ert-jordan a lunatic fringe group without being killfiled and neatly taped up by all it's regulars. As for here, I stand corrected, basically, too :) I'll try and make sure any further postings from me are (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Thank God for Lugnet
 
But there is an entry for newsfroup... Steve (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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