From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhb5c!mhb5b!smb Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: posslq Article-I.D.: mhb5b.122 Posted: Tue Feb 8 20:07:40 1983 Received: Fri Feb 11 07:45:12 1983 References: <189@hou5e.UUCP> "Posslq" was apparently used first by the Census Bureau, who had to have *some* term to stick on their reports. It was publicized by Charles Osgood in one of his "poems" on CBS Radio; it can be found in one of his recent books. Ann Landers has also reprinted it. --Steve Bellovin {mhb5b, rabbit}!smb