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Subject:Re: acronyms/initialisms From:"Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 10 Nov 1997 12:50:00 -0800
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From: Melissa Hunter-Kilmer
Scott Miller <smiller -at- CORP -dot- PORTAL -dot- COM> wrote:
> My question: What is NIHAO?
Oh, that's simple. It's Mandarin for "hi, how are you?"
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Well, you learn something new everyday. I thought it was an island in
the Marquesas.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services
Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2
Tacoma, WA 98477-0001 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)