From: LNR <eleanor.blair@hertford.oxford.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
Subject: [alt.fan.pratchett] Discworld Book Ratings
Date: 2 Jun 1997 10:52:00 -0700

Subject: Re: Discworld Book Ratings 
From: Terry Pratchett <tpratchett@unseen.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett

Alex Kamilewicz <manc0046@sable.ox.ac.uk.removeTHIS> writes
>Terry Pratchett <tpratchett@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Yes.  Totally pants, IMHO.
>
>I've always wondered, in PTerry's case, does IMHO mean "In my humble
>opinion" or "In my honoured opinion"?  How about "In my (w)holesome
>opinion" or even "In my honest opinion"?  Possibly "In my holy opinion",
>but perhaps we shouldn't bring religion to bear here.
>
Oh, as a naturally democratic man I use the simple and common net
usuage; it means 'In my pompous and unwarranted opinion as a person who,
despite an apparent intelligence level somewhere between that of a clam
and a line-dancer, won't hesitate to pronounce definitively on any damn
subject under the sun.'  Of course, I might have got it wrong.  It was
just based on long observation:-)