Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA27036 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:59:07 +0100 Subject: Re: acronymious Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 14:55:58 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas est veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20001003185601.AAA21301@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 10/03/00 14:16, Robin Faichney said this-
>> It is said that Harvard runs on TLA's. And to a large extent, so does any
>> bureaucracy require the jargon of its torpidity.
>
>I don't know about "the jargon of its torpidity", but I'd have said that
>techies are just as guilty of jargonising as bureaucrats. And academics
>could well be the worst!
Ah, you see, but Harvard is a combination of all of those....
As is our sister down the street....
- Wade
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