From: surfbaud@waverider.co.uk (Dave Hemming)
Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
Subject: [uk.adverts.personals] Re: perversion (was: UAP
Date: 16 Oct 1997 10:24:54 +0200

Subject: Re: perversion (was: UAP 
From: SJ <steve@rdues.liv.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: uk.adverts.personals

Simon Wilkinson wrote:
> 
> In article <34310467.662A@rdues.liv.ac.uk>, SJ <steve@rdues.liv.ac.uk>
> writes
> >
> >An abbreviation becomes an acronym if it spells a word, but that word
> >does not have to be an *existing* word. For example, *nato* and *radar*
> >are acronyms, but do not spell existing words.
> >
> >Steve (pissing himself off with his own pedantry)
>
> Steve, if you're like this in real life..i can see why you have been a
> con non attendee in the past.   <G>

I'll have you know that functional grammar is a fascinating field of
study. Yesterday, I discovered a sentence which ended with six
consecutive prepositions.

Took me hours to get the stain off my 501s.