Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Dominic Mitchell
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 00:00

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Earlier, Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Annelise Anderson wrote:
> > Nothing is wrong with pronouncing FBI as ef-bee-eye.  Is it a word? 
> 
> Nothing really wrong, except that those in law enforcement tend to
> pronounce it "the feeb", and I've always felt this pronounciation to be
> superior on the grounds of both uniquely identifying the agency in
> question and signifying its degree of competence, all combined into one
> handy term.

And thos in law breaking tend to call them "bastards".  ;-)

-Dom
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From: hdm@demon.net (Dominic Mitchell)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/06/07
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