--- In [email protected], "dvm8375"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Actually, Ellen, this is very common. Organizations are very
> reluctant to drop their "brand," especially if it is as well-known
> as AARP. The reality is, most people don't even think about the
> what the acronym stands for. I used to work for the National
> Conference on Soviet Jewry, and while our name implied that we were
> working with Soviets, we actually advocated for religious freedom
> all over eastern Europe. After the Soviet Union collapsed, we
> changed our name to NCSJ. I'm sure you all have never heard of the
> organization, but the acronym was very well-known on the Hill, and
> therefore we kept it.
>
> --- In [email protected], "Ellen"
> <ellengoodman6@> wrote:
> >
> > AARP took the KFC route and is now officially AARP, an acronym
> that
> > doesn't stand for anything, because they don't want people to
> associate
> > them with retired because it is for people 50+ and most people
who
> are
> > 50 aren't retired. IMO it should be Association of Older
Persons,
> but
> > is that just as bad? I think it is stupid to say your name is
> AARP but
> > it doesn't stand for anything. Yeah right. We just keep the
> initials
> > for historical reasons, because we wanted to change our name to
> change
> > our image but we couldn't come up with anything recognizable so
we
> just
> > kept the original initials but dropped the words that it stood
> for.
> > They have an entire in-house PR dept.! Come on, people! Full
> > disclosure--I used to work there.
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "areofilm" <areofilm@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > This message brought to you by the AARP.
> > >
> > > "Getting those damn kids off your lawn for 48 years."
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], Eleanor Keyser
> > > <eleanorkeyser@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Why is everyone so concerned about the youth in Asia? It's
> those
> > > damned kids down the street we should be worried about, with
> their
> > > crazy rockety "music" and baggy baggy pants. I wish we could
> just
> > > exterminate them.
> > >
> >
>
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