[rec.humor] Abbreviation: RTFM

geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) (09/15/89)

In article <9542@cbnews.ATT.COM> wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker,00440,cb,1D211,6148604019) writes:
>"BTW, WRT SNAFU; IMHO FUBAR is better.   :-)"

There was a memo which circulated around here back in 1981.  I quote it
in its entirety:

Date May 15, 1981
To: Distribution
From: W. S. Nechodom
Subject: Plea for Help (PFH)

Writing in acronyms (WIA) seems to confuse rather than enlighten me
(CRTEM).  I keep having to page back (PB) in order to remember what the
acronym (A) stands for (SF).

Please avoid WIA so that you don't CTREM unless you are deliberately
trying to CRTEM so that I won't find out what the ASF even if I PB.

					T (Thanks)

					W (Warren)

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>Bill Thacker						wbt@cbnews.att.com
>   "C" combines the power of assembly language with the flexibility of 
>   assembly language.

OK, I saved it.  Now what do I do with it?

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Geoff Allen - WINCO Computer Process Engineering
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