Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: motcid!ellisndh@uunet.uu.net (Dell H. Ellison) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: What is MFJ a TLA For? Message-ID: <14898@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 21 Nov 90 15:32:40 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Hgts, IL Lines: 14 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 840, Message 6 of 12 > OK, I give up. What's MFJ a TLA (Three Letter Acronym) for? An acronym is an abbreviation that makes a word (e.g. NASA, HUD, MADD). MFJ and TLA are just three letter abbreviations. [Moderator's Note: But since when were 'nasa' and 'hud' actual words? And since when was 'mad' spelled 'madd'? Did you mean to say that simple abbreviations convert to acronyms once people start pronouncing the letter combination as they sound? In that case MFJ = muffjuh and TLA = t'lah. So there! :) True Acronyms: 'Zip' Code, as in one mprovement

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