Article View: tn.talk
Article #4Re: let's talk about this...
From: Dave Sill
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 16:34
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 16:34
16 lines
1430 bytes
1430 bytes
In article <27OCT199216340954@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu>, mitcheec@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (Elliott Mitchell) writes: > >It still astounds me that the federal government can set itself up as the >final arbiter of the English language and that the majority of people will >buy into it without question! Well, I wouldn't say letting the Post Office determine the postal abbreviations is that far out of line, but it's really no big deal. I read in the paper recently that it's now "legal" to use other unambiguous abbreviations. I've been using "Tenn." on mail for a few weeks now without any problems. I've even received mail back with "Tenn.". -- Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov) For every Bill Joy there is a Kirk McKusick. Martin Marietta Energy Systems For every Bill Gates there is a Richard Workstation Support Stallman. --Paul Graham
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1992Oct28.163428.12333@ornl.gov>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!news.ans.net!gatech!udel!darwin.sura.net!utkcs2!ornl!ORNL.GOV!de5References:
<26OCT199219491219@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu> <1992Oct27.111936.3880@memstvx1.memst.edu> <27OCT199216340954@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: tn.talk Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!news.ans.net!gatech!udel!darwin.sura.net!utkcs2!ornl!ORNL.GOV!de5 From: de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill) Subject: Re: let's talk about this... Message-ID: <1992Oct28.163428.12333@ornl.gov> Sender: usenet@ornl.gov (News poster) Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN References: <26OCT199219491219@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu> <1992Oct27.111936.3880@memstvx1.memst.edu> <27OCT199216340954@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 16:34:28 GMT Lines: 16