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Subject:Re: Acronyms--RTFM From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- MAIL -dot- BC -dot- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Mon, 10 Nov 1997 22:34:08 -0800
On Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:41:00 -0500, Peter G Margaritis wrote:
>> Uh, that would be RTFO-LM. But personally, I think the F is tastless
>> and crude, adding nothing to the instruction and demeaning not just the
>> reader but the writer (if only because it's verbose). Why not just
>> leave it out?
It's not bad enough that y'all gotta mess with the English language, but
now you want to PC'ify a time-honored geek acronym too?!
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Your friend and mine,
Matt
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