Re: Acronyms--RTFM

Subject: Re: Acronyms--RTFM
From: Elna Tymes <etymes -at- LTS -dot- COM>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 11:56:10 -0800

joanne grey wrote:

> I recently got one of those hieroglyph
> pendants - the ones that are made to order, usually with your initials.
> Mine spells out "RTFM".
>
After a long and arduous project, we held a celebratory dinner for the
writing team and handed out commemorative mugs I had specially made for
us survivors. The design was of a merry-go-round, with RTFM over the
top, and the letters OSIFTTY underneath (the polite form is "Oh Darn, I
Forgot To Tell You) to remind of us of our work with the development and
management team.

Elna Tymes
Los Trancos Systems
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If it's about technical communication--post it! If not, don't!
Posts: mailto:techwr-l -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu
Commands: mailto:listserv -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu (e.g. SIGNOFF TECHWR-L)
Archives: http://listserv.okstate.edu/archives/techwr-l.html,
http://www.documentation.com/, or http://www.dejanews.com/
Subjects: JOB:, QUESTION:, SUMMARY:, ANNOUNCE:, or none of these.


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