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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/Y3OXKUTHADKWPYWXR5JHRSBSFTD7HRGH/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "Y3OXKUTHADKWPYWXR5JHRSBSFTD7HRGH", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/7MN4WG5JFIFKGUCBTQSLQGUEM5CK263K/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "ko6th_greg (a) hotmail.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Greg D.", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: OSCAR - Acronym for...?", "date": "2008-08-06T04:00:38Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/6KTSVSAU77JQ2TB4FL72YERZFOZ2I6WC/?format=api", "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "\nAh, thanks. I was wondering (seriously!)\n\nGreg KO6TH\n\n(IBM can also be a sentence, but we shouldn't talk about that here...)\n\n\n----------------------------------------\n> From: [email protected]\n> To: [email protected]\n> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:35:02 -0500\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: OSCAR - Acronym for...?\n> \n> \n> ----- Original Message ----- \n> From: \"James Whitfield\" \n> To: \n> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:05 PM\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: OSCAR - Acronym for...?\n> \n> \n> [snip]\n>> I have had a moderately long technical career, occasionally punctuated by\n>> what I now view as futile attempts to get co-workers, most of whom were\n>> supposedly well educated, to understand the meaning of the term \"acronym\".\n>> The difficult, and most frustrating, part is in trying to communicate what\n>> an acronym is not. COBOL is an acronym, but IBM and BLT are not. ( Since\n>> most of the time I have tried to point out the distinction, the reaction\n>> that I got was \"serious don't care\". )\n>>\n> [snip]\n> \n> \n> IBM and BLT are actually \"initialisms\".... distinguished from an \"acronym\" \n> by virtue of not being pronounceable like COBOL, OSCAR, SNAFU, etc.\n> \n> \n> 73,\n> \n> George, KA3HSW \n> \n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n\n_________________________________________________________________\nReveal your inner athlete and share it with friends on Windows Live.\nhttp://revealyourinnerathlete.windowslive.com?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WLYIA_whichathlete_us\n", "attachments": [] }