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Re: Sniglets (was re: Todd's Questions)

To: Scott Fisher <fisher@avistar.com>
Subject: Re: Sniglets (was re: Todd's Questions)
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 12:20:43 -0900 (PDT)

On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, Scott Fisher wrote:

> So combining acronym with anachronism to get anachronym (if
> I may be allowed a little Greeking of the text, heh) is in fact the
> perfect word, not only for MOWOG, but also for M.G.  And TR,
> and AC, and for that matter ALFA (which of course stands either
> for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili, or Always Looking
> For Another), the latest in a series of defunct automakers whose
> products excite me beyond a level that metal, rubber, glass and
> petroleum really probably should.

So, would an older Fiat Spyder be an arachronym?

Andy "must be a Boone's Farm flashback" Mace

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