RE: acronymious

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 04 2000 - 15:10:48 BST

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Subject: RE: acronymious
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    On 10/04/00 09:02, Gatherer, D. (Derek) said this-

    >No, RTFM originally meant 'Read the files meticulously'.

    Ah, sounds like a retroactive bowdlerization to me....

    In the same way my parents told me SNAFU meant Situation Normal, All
    Fouled Up....

    But, maybe.... Timelines are notoriously slippery.

    - Wade

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