Reminds me of the old science joke: Q. What does DNA stand for?
A. The National Dyslexia Association. Just my (somewhat warped) 2 cents worth --- On 15 Jan 2014, at 3:08 pm, Bernard Robertson-Dunn <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15/01/2014 2:13 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote: >> [waves at NSA because I used their TLA in this] > > If the NSA did follow up all uses of NSA, they'd have to trawl through > those many emails and SMS from people using NSA to mean No Strings Attached. > > Or: > Notary Signing Agent > National Scrabble Association > National Student Association > National Steeplechase Association > National Sound Archive > Nikkei Stock Average > National Shipping Authority > National School of Administration (China) > etc. > > There are 127 listed at http://www.acronymfinder.com/NSA.html > > And then there's all those seNSAtional words which would give rise to > many traNSActions. > > The trouble with data is that you often don't know what they mean, what > they used to mean, what they might mean and what they were intended to mean. > > -- > > Regards > brd > > Bernard Robertson-Dunn > Sydney Australia > email: [email protected] > web: www.drbrd.com > web: www.problemsfirst.com > Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
