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From: benfeen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Usenet slang dictionary?
Message-ID: <1989Dec9.182930.13500@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 9 Dec 89 18:29:30 GMT
References: <7927@ingr.com>
Reply-To: benfeen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen)
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Mundelein, IL
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In article <7927@ingr.com> boyd@ingr.com (Boyd Nation) writes:
>In joining any conversation, it helps to have some familiarity with the
>slang that is going to be used.  This is especially true on Usenet,
>where there are no clues from body language or tone of voice to help in
>clarification.  Therefore, I have an idea I want to present.  I would
>like to see a dictionary of Usenet slang written and added to the
>Unfortunately, I haven't been on the net for long enough to attempt this
>project, so I'll have to hope someone else thinks this is a good idea
>and follows up on it.  Any takers?  And more importantly, what do y'all
>think about the idea?
IMHO, it's not very important.  No net.people even USE slang.  My SO,
sitting next to me, doesn't like it either.
P.S. So what if you haven't been here long enough?  If you have a question,
RTFM!
P.P.S. Kidding.  I love the idea.
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