From: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: An alternative to posslq Article-I.D.: watcgl.212 Posted: Sat Feb 26 14:41:16 1983 Received: Sun Feb 27 00:13:19 1983 References: hou5e.227 The word ``posslq'' is simultaneously cute and official--sunding (Census buraeu acronym ...) I think it will probably stay with us. Also, it's American. Enough of this French garbage! are they the only ones who know something about amorous relationships? Granted, they've been working on it for a long time ... -hou5e!mat Mark Terribile Hmm. Is the practice of creating a new word from an acronym (rather than modifying an existing word) part of the "American Way"? Or is it simply that anything done in America is automatically better? An amused Canadian, Dave Martindale