Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-11-01 Thread Venky TV
I overlooked only one thing: I have absolutely no sense of direction. After running for an hour, I noticed that Boston was not where I thought it was. After two hours, I was jogging past eerie, deserted factories. After three hours, my world was empty country roads in a pitch-dark blizzard.

Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-10-29 Thread Bonobashi
It was bowdlerised, Shiv. The original was with the F word. shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall reading long ago - when linguistic morals wre different, that the F in SNAFU is not fckued as suggested, but fouled shiv On Monday 29 Oct 2007 5:07 am, Charles Haynes wrote: On

Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-10-28 Thread Charles Haynes
On 10/27/07, Jeff Bone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2007, at 8:33 AM, Venkat Mangudi wrote: Didn't know that they were the US Military's contribution to English... A bit OT, but --- mil jargon is fun: I knew that SNAFU and FUBAR came from the military, since I learned them from my

Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-10-28 Thread shiv sastry
I recall reading long ago - when linguistic morals wre different, that the F in SNAFU is not fckued as suggested, but fouled shiv On Monday 29 Oct 2007 5:07 am, Charles Haynes wrote: On 10/27/07, Jeff Bone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2007, at 8:33 AM, Venkat Mangudi wrote: Didn't

Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-10-28 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On 29/10/2007, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall reading long ago - when linguistic morals wre different, that the F in SNAFU is not fckued as suggested, but fouled On a tangent, I don't really understand the need to spell fuck fcuk. If you are going to use it, you (a general

Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-10-28 Thread Charles Haynes
On 10/29/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall reading long ago - when linguistic morals wre different, that the F in SNAFU is not fckued as suggested, but fouled That what they would tell civilians sometimes, but trust me - they Navy guys did not use fouled. -- Charles

Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-10-28 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On 29/10/2007, Madhu M. Kurup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm: I suspect that it is a well intentioned effort to avoid over zealous spam filters from consuming the message[1]. Cheerio, M [1] will this make its way through? :) Not just on email. On blogs, on orkut profiles, on places where

[silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-10-26 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Didn't know that they were the US Military's contribution to English... = http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/10/22/o.panic.button/index.html A 'fit' of panic is good when bad things happen * Story Highlights * Expert: Physical reaction to panic is natural, healthy

Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-10-26 Thread Jeff Bone
On Oct 26, 2007, at 8:33 AM, Venkat Mangudi wrote: Didn't know that they were the US Military's contribution to English... A bit OT, but --- mil jargon is fun: - NAVY --- never again volunteer yourself (so say the Army and Air Force) - squared away --- organized, stowed properly,