>>OK, listen up, he explained: >>The "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" story is a myth. >>The "Port Out Starboard Home" story is a myth. >Probably the "Prisioners Of Her Majesty's Service" story >> is a myth too. >>Acronyms of any kind are a pretty recent concept. > ?=BF? I'm not sure what you're questioning Alexandre The words made from the initial letters are "your favourite word that starts with F" "Posh" "Poms" and I can't think of an acronym before "radar". One or two old products like "Spam" (special ham) or "tarmac" (tar McAdam) that are mutants but not really acronyms -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body