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- From: aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Aaron Humphrey)
- Subject: Re: Another naming contest
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.055212.13836@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 05:52:12 GMT
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- Arthur Delano (ajd@oit.itd.umich.edu) wrote:
- :>It has recently come to the attention of some of us that while there are well-
- : >defined terms for both newcomes to talk.bizarre("newbies")and long-time
- :>residents(patrons?)of talk.bizarre("oldbies"), there is an astonishing lack of
- : >term for the transitional period in which, let's face it, most of us
- : >languish. Any ideas?
- :
- : aarons.
- :
- : after all, you volunteered the issue.
-
-
- I would be honored, but in all honesty I have to say that the problem never
- worried me until David Vacca brought it up. He even urged me to make the post,
- since he said his contests were usually ignored. Since 'davids' is much too
- common, I counterpropose 'vaccas'.
-
- (Or we could use 'delanos' or 'ajds'. For some reason, I think of you as the
- quintessential member of this group.)
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