On 22 Sep 2005 05:44:52 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Hoelscher) wrote: >> I always thought it came first; then somebody said: ?So, what >> do we make it stand for??. > >when the TV show "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." first came out (1964?) - UNCLE >did not stand for anything (it may have been inteded to be an acronym, but >no specific words had been assigned)- only after public clamour did some >marketing genius come up with "United Network Command for Law and >Enforcement".
That's the acronym I remember but recently read they actually published two different acronyms for U.N.C.L.E. The thing about this story that doesn't make sense is the periods in the name of the show. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
