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Re: Provincialism, Parochialism, and Catholicism

To: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: Provincialism, Parochialism, and Catholicism
From: Joanna Adler <joannaadler@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 16:07:49 -0800
here's a link for some of the abbreviations, but I don't seem YMMV.

http://www.team.net/sol/solterms.html#terms

Bill Saidel wrote:

> Whew...and that from a Jew..
>
> Actually I have 2 comments from someone on the list for about 1/2 a year and
> with an LBC for not much longer.
>
> One of the ways inbreeding occurs is through the development of a private 
>language.
> Things like DPO, etc. It took me months to figure out LBC might mean Little
> British Car, but I am not sure. PO obviously means previous owner, but I have
> not deciphered DPO except that maybe it should not be explicitly stated..
>
> I was thinking about the wonderful Old Fart reports and realized that if
> acronyms are continuously used, our list is always in danger of becoming 
>somewhat
> smelly, inbred and provincial. Maybe someone could write a treatise on the 
>acronyms
> and post it on a WEB site to take the mystery out of some messages.
>
> And then what is the Crack of Doom referred to in a spate of recent messages?
>
> No offense meant so don't take any. I'm only trying to learn about an
> incredibly obscure hobby and pleasure.
>
> Bill


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