"Janet Baraclough .." wrote in
message ...
Abbreviation-to-initials was being used in usenet long before phone
text messaging increased the use of word contractions. Initials,
abbreviations, and word contractions were all used long before usenet
was invented, in much older signal systems such as telegraphy,
semaphore, morse code and road signs.



Of course it helps if the letters are right :-)

WTHD*W*HTHSMI

or maybe it was meant to be

Why the heck does 'e have to have so many initials?

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