On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:15:51 -0600, "Jim Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Bill Potts wrote: > >> QUANGO is actually QUasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental >> Organization. > >I had said: > >> Derived from "quasi non-governmental organization." > >The Oxford English Dictionary's exact quote: > >"[Acronym f. the initial letters of quasi non-government(al) >organization: see note below.]" > >So, Bill, do I believe an ardent supporter of metrication, or the >definitive dictionary of the English language? Bill's version is how I remembered it, and that was confirmed by my Chambers' Dictionary. I don't treat the OED as being the definitive version: I'm often amazed at the words not in the OED when I play Scrabble (but are in Chambers'). Chris -- UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
