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