I am anticipating that if we continue to use it often enough at the start of actual U.S. metrication, it will make its way into most U.S. dictionaries, like most contemporary jargon may.
Quoting Howard Ressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > And we owe Paul a megagram of appreciation for his coinage of a new > term. I think you should submit that to Myriam Webster. > > Howard Ressel > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > (585) 272-3372 > > >>> "Paul Trusten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/24/2008 12:17 PM >>> > Way Of Measuring Badly in America Today. > > This comes from the source (grin). > > > It has also been interpreted as Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time. > > WOMBAT was born in 1997, when someone asked the list if there was > something > else we could call the "U.S. Customary system of measurement," since it > > isn't considered a system by some. My mind ran free, and came up with > WOMBAT. It has survived. > > Paul T. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: 24 July, 2008 10:40 > Subject: [USMA:41494] WOMBAT > > > >I should know this. > > > > What does WOMBAT stand for? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA +1(432)528-7724 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
