Actually, I think the term "alphabet soup" originated in the Great Depression in America, when a lot of government programs were initiated to help people out . Since almost all of them went by an acronym, the common people started calling the government alphabet soup. At least that's what I heard; I'm kind of a history nut. I think that it's interesting, sorry if you don't! Rebekah "a day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
----- Original Message ----- From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 6:32 PM Subject: Re: Is there an analog only Pentax list? > How many telegraph operators have you met in the computer room? Yes they used > alphabet soup, but it was a different mix. 73 > > Jostein wrote: > > Why we hang on to the acronyms. > > Laziness I suppose...:-) > > > > Interesting thoughts about Unix. :-) > > I thought the "alphabet soup" had it's origin from morse and ham radio. > > > > Cheers, > > Jostein > > > > ----------------------------- > > Pictures at: http://oksne.net > > ----------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 10:55 PM > > Subject: Re: Is there an analog only Pentax list? > > > > > > > >>Common usage has evolved away from your dictionary definition. > >> > >>By the way (BTW), anyone ever wonder why all these alphabet soup intials > > > > on the > > > >>internet? Well, the old time Unix hackers couldn't tough type so spelling > > > > out > > > >>words was a pain. Bandwidth was very limited, anyone remember 110baud? > > > > And, > > > >>mostly, making things criptic to outsiders seemed cute to those,mostly, > > > > college > > > >>kids. So, that leaves the question, why do we do it? > >> > >>-- > >> > >>frank theriault wrote: > >> > >>>Dear Curmudgeon, > >>> > >>>Of course I could have googled it. I know that! > >>> > >>>But it's ever so much more fun asking on-list, don't you think? <g> > >>> > >>>BTW (and this isn't directed at you, Tom, just at "TLA's" in general), > >>>ERC, TLA, BTW and all those other alleged TLA's aren't acronyms. > >>>They're initialisms. A true acronym spells another (usually unrelated) > >>>word. So PUG, for instance, is an acronym. > >>> > >>>Now, I have a feeling that someone's going to tell me I'm wrong. But > >>>I'm not. > >>> > >>>cheers, > >>>frank > >>> > >>>"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > >>>pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Subject: Re: Is there an analog only Pentax list? > >>>>Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:53:01 -0500 > >>>> > >>>>Three Letter Acronym! > >>>> > >>>>Suggested google search: "internet acronym". > >>>>Time to find: "less than to write post defining ignorance". > >>>>Mode: "curmudgeonly". > >>>>:) > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>> > >>> > >>>_________________________________________________________________ > >>>Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > >>>http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>graywolf > >>http://graywolfphoto.com > >> > >>"You might as well accept people as they are, > >>you are not going to be able to change them anyway." > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com > > "You might as well accept people as they are, > you are not going to be able to change them anyway." > > >
