t; From: "James C. Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: JESS: Foo bar, FUBAR, and the problems of etymology
>
> > Finally an Ex-GI jumps in. I've been watching in wonderment at the
February 25, 2002 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: JESS: Foo bar, FUBAR, and the problems of etymology
> Finally an Ex-GI jumps in. I've been watching in wonderment at the more
"modern"
> explanations. :-) It seems that the more PC Programmers couldn't abide
using
> FUBAR, nor
Finally an Ex-GI jumps in. I've been watching in wonderment at the more "modern"
explanations. :-) It seems that the more PC Programmers couldn't abide using
FUBAR, nor FU BAR so they did the "correct" thing and changed it to Foo Bar,
which makes no sense whatsoever. Just as a side note, when
;-}
Fouled up my @sp!
My time with the military surely demonstrated that FUBAR = "f#cked up
beyond all recognition".
A concept freqyently well-applied to etymological reconstruction when
the originator of a neologism cannot be definitively consulted
Anyone want to have a go at the semat
