On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> Btw, there are many Unix commands which are not acronyms ...

  One of the early Unix commands was "more".  I forget who wrote it, but I
have seen this quote attributed to him:

  "I took a big risk with that name.  Not only was it twice as long as the
customary two letters, but it was an actual English word."

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