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- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Path: sparky!uunet!news.encore.com!fenix!dlwilson
- From: dlwilson@fenix.encore.com (David L Wilson)
- Subject: Re: proliferation of alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb groups
- Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:13:56 GMT
- Message-ID: <BxxKB8.3y3@encore.com>
- References: <1992Nov13.173255.16802@cubic.com>
- Sender: Dave Wilson
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- hees@cubic.com (Phil Hees) writes:
- >alange@rahul.net (Andrew Lange) writes:
- >>
- >>Does anyone know of the history of this prediliction for naming groups
- >>alt.opt-adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb ? Which is the first one you saw?
- >
- >This Major Cultural Trend (TM) is not strictly limited to the alt.*
- >hierarchy, as
- >
- > sci.physics.edward.teller.boom.boom.boom
- >
- >clearly shows. (This newgroup has been in existence for at least 9
- >months, according to an old .newsrc file I had lying around.)
-
- I believe it stems from the old
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- alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork
-
- group, which was a rarity in the days before we got 20 new group a day.
- It was followed by (among others)
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- alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg
-
- Dave
-