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Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!144.212.100.12!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!disgorge.news.demon.net!demon!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!btnet!server2.netnews.ja.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!server4.netnews.ja.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!server6.netnews.ja.net!str-ccsun!singer.cent.gla.ac.uk!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!edcogsci!richard From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: pitcairn Message-ID: <EBHBI9.Cwt@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Followup-To: alt.usage.english Sender: cnews@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (C News Software) Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh References: <3383FA57.4855@uab.ericsson.se> <EAMxy9.EF4@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> <3390a559.4210811@news.dircon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 22:51:44 GMT Lines: 14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:46143 comp.os.linux.misc:180835 comp.os.linux.x:64470 alt.os.linux:22288 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3574 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43003 gnu.misc.discuss:31810 comp.unix.solaris:109655 In article <3390a559.4210811@news.dircon.co.uk> mellis@dircon.co.uk writes: >Sorry to spoil the fun but these are not acronyms. Duh, did you *have* to do this? We were having fun discussing unix acronyms, and even doing it in unix newsgroups, and now you come along and turn it into a boring discussion of the precise meaning of "acronym". Followups redirected to a more appropriate forum. -- Richard -- I automatically delete unread all email from or through Earthlink, Compuserve and usa.net, because it's almost all junk mail.