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- From: david@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us (David Schachter)
- Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
- Organization: Greenwire Consulting
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 05:37:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.053738.900@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us>
- References: <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.twuug.com> <23215@alice.att.com>
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- In article <23215@alice.att.com> ark@alice.UUCP () writes:
- >In article <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.twuug.com> alpha@wyvern.twuug.com (Joe Wright) writes:
- >
- >> Proposed change to 'standard' practice. 'RTFM' is now 'RTM'.
- >> The 'F' does not relate to any known adjective for Manual.
- >> 'Read The Manual' should suffice.
- >
- >'RTFM' does stand for 'Read The Manual'. The 'F' is silent.
- >--
- > --Andrew Koenig
- > ark@europa.att.com
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- Mr. Koenig (about whom much is written, but little eaten) is incorrect. The
- 'F' is from the days of Ye Olde Englishe, when it stood for 'S'. "RTFM" means
- "Read the Silly Manual." Some think, incorrectly, it stands for "Members of
- The Same Sex." Thank you for the opportunity to obfuscate this up.
-
- Next thing you know, Koenig will be saying "The 'F' is silent, as in 'phlegm.'"
- Sheesh.
-
- (This posting is fact-free. Read my lips. No huge new tax increases.)
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- David Schachter
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