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To: | "Wim Vader" <> |
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Subject: | acronyms |
From: | Peter Pfeiffer <> |
Date: | Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:40:56 +1030 |
At 08:10 PM 1/30/2006, you wrote: I would never have thought to experience Australians complaining about a too liberal use of abbreviations and acronyms! When moving to Sydney for a year back in 1993, it took me months to avoid getting lost in the cockies and kookies, garbos and salvos, and I never mastered half of the frequent acronyms. But apparently this can be too much even for you! Wim Vader, Tromsø Museum Just like the old fart living out in the donga in the bush up north in the 'cacia' country who used to see black nuns flying around. Now I'm confused ! Cheers, Peter. -------------------------------------------- Birding-Aus is on the Web at www.birding-aus.org birding-aus.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: 'unsubscribe birding-aus' (no quotes, no Subject line) to |
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