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The LIST asked for a summary. So far I've received 48 messages, and
without an exception they all said something related to the following:
"Thanks for passing on what a lot of us have found confusing. I have only
been a member since September, 1999, so definitely find the use of acronyms
a mystery."
Some responses were funny, some were literate, but the best was
Looooong, and left my husband and me weak with laughter. The whole
message would surely not fit within CELIAC LIST regulations, but I'll
send you a sample:
At 4:25 PM -0500 1/3/01, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>$0.02 Throwing in your two cents' worth
>AAMOF As a matter of fact (very rare)
>ADN Any Day Now
>AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned
>AFAIK As far as I know
>AFK Away From Keyboard
>AISI As I See It
>aka also known as
>ANFAWFOS And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
>ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different...
>APA Amateur Press Association
>AS On Another Subject
>ASAFP As Soon As Friggin' Possible
>ASAP As Soon As Possible
>ATSL Along The Same Line
>AWGTHTGTATA Are We Going To Have To Go Through ALL This Again?
>AYOR At Your Own Risk
>B4 Before
>B4N Bye for Now
>BAD Broken as Designed
>BBIAB Be Back In A Bit
>BBR Burnt Beyond Repair
>BBS Bulletin Board System
>BCNU Be seein' you! (saying goodbye)
>BFHD Big fat hairy deal (a la Garfield the Cat) (very rare)
>BFN Bye For Now
>BION Believe it or not
>BMTIPG Brilliant minds think in parallel gutters
and many items later:
>ROFLASTC Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat!
My favorite is:
>WYLABOCTGWTR Would You Like A Bowl Of Cream To Go With That Remark?
I'm going to have a lot to learn in order to be completely computer literate.
Gayle Kennedy
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