[OS X TeX] [OT] internet abbreviations...
Will Robertson
will at guerilla.net.au
Fri Sep 17 10:28:06 CEST 2004
On 16 Sep 2004, at 8:16 PM, Maarten Sneep wrote:
> On 16 sep 2004, at 12:40, Will Robertson wrote:
>
>> RTFM read the f**** manual (among others)
>
> not a profanity: "read the fabulous manual"
I would disagree. Surely the term arose due to exasperation that people
were in fact not reading the manual. The un-profane version was surely
invented to placate conservative types and hence diluted the original
meaning...
But that's how I see it. According to the history books, I may be
incorrect since I didn't witness the evolution of the term (but
logically I doubt it).
Will
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