On 5 Jun 2007 17:49:48 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >If your cow had wheels she'd be a milk truck. The point is that not >everybody knows what you means, because there are contexts in which >you need to refer to both Unix System Services *and* to Unformatted >System Services; what you get is a guessing game as to whether USS >means Unix whether this time it really means USS.
English has many cases where two words are spelled the same - sometimes pronounced the same, and sometimes pronounced differently. Occasionally we have to guess whether the athlete resigned from the team or resigned with the team, or whether the graduate wants a CD for his graduation present or a CD for his graduation present. But usually we can tell which meaning is which. What is interesting is something which we have seen in our business is when an acronym starts off with the letters standing for one set of words, and the words change but not the more familiar acronym. Sometimes this is to imply a subtle difference in function. I believe DASD has changed this way. I know there are others. The word "Unix" itself is an amusing variation from "multix". Hind site changes why we are amused. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
