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(...) Way bitchin', dude. Like, totally tubular, y'all. Bruce (SoCal, where we simply Californicate the language) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Borned" again? I always thought you Southerners had a certain (lack of) grasp of the language.... <GDR> Matt (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: All your base are belong to us
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(...) I accidentally responded to Mark's question by e-mail... Here's what I said (too lazy to retrieve his message to respond to it): Check: (URL) a couple weeks, or pick look for someone with yesterday's comics section... Basically, Jason (the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
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My God, header frenzy!: (...) Sure, those Cal Tech boys can rig up an RF unit to screw with the Rose Bowl scoreboard, but can they really spell...? It's like asking someone with a doctorate in pediatrics (paediatrics for the ANZAC/UK crowd) to take (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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And this...... (URL) Sandlin <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B6C688E9.E2EA%s...ink.com... (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nope. Do tell. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Frank (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think they get it from across the pond. They just can't bring themselves to go whole hog, and stand on queue. Steve (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oops, I should clarify that Rolls Royce is both the singular and the plural form. Maggie C. (who has once again sacrificed clarity for the sake of brevity) Oh yes, and I shall henceforth use AFOL as the plural of AFOL since your argument that (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ACRONYM: Abbreviation by CROpping Names that Yield Meaning (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) As opposed to a certain really ominous subject that's inevitably christened "acrostic." Dave! (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ACRONYM: A contrived reduction of nomenclature yielding mnemonics.... (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Acronyms (Was Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
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(...) Not a "real" word, but a word nonetheless, as opposed to a string of distinct letters. AFOL, if pronounced as a word ("I'm an AFOL") rather than spelled out ("I'm an A-F-O-L"), is an acronym by that definition. The convention was to say "WAC" (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "radar" wasn't a word until the technology was invented. So does that mean it isn't an acronym? This is what Dictionary.com has to say about it: ----- ac·ro·nym (kr-nm) n. A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm.. I've heard the phrase "so-and-so drives a Rolls," which is like saying "so-and-so drives a cars." Strange. I would argue that the plural of AFOL is AFOL, since "F" can stand for "Fans" as easily as it can for "Fan." I've often heard the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Acronyms (Was Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
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(...) Okay, if attorneys general, courts martial and Rolls Royce are plural forms, shouldn't the plural of AFOL be AF'sOL? Or are the rules different for acronyms? And speaking of acronyms, hasn't it already been argued that technically in order to (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Polybag Racks (was: Shopping Anecdote and Suggestions (Long))
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(...) Work for the military? I don't think so. Even the play military that you Canadians have. :-) ++Lar ( just kidding, the Canadian military is valiant and competent ) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:G9yy8q.A4G@lugnet.com... (...) Not too cold, hanging around 32 F, or 0 C, little cooler. Not bad, really. I just woke up and it sure is gorgeous outside on the trees. -Tim (headed back (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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