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From: mahoney@bach.DEC
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: 3M revealed
Message-ID: <1024@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 10:18:46 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 10 10:18:46 1986
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---------------------Reply to mail dated 9-FEB-1986 01:26---------------------

It got shortned by the public.  People got itred of calling it by its 
long name so called it 3M.  The company decided to go along with the
public on this. They offical changed to 3M since that what they were 
being called anyway.  This has happened to other companies also.


Brian Mahoney

mahoney%bach.dec@decwrl.arpa
"If someone has a cure all you can
 be sure it will make you sick."