Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!bunker!max From: max@bunker.UUCP (Max Hyre) Newsgroups: net.games.trivia,net.misc Subject: Re: D-Day Trivia Message-ID: <418@bunker.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Jun-84 00:44:56 EDT Article-I.D.: bunker.418 Posted: Sun Jun 10 00:44:56 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 02:32:57 EDT References: nbires.321 Lines: 12 [ B-Bug ] > Well, speaking of D-Day, what does the "D" stand for? Nothing! It's just a duplication of the initial letter to emphasize this is *the* day, as opposed to some other, mundane, day. The landing time was H-Hour, on M-Minute, using the same system. Now, does anyone know who *invented* (or first used, if invention is impossible to pinpoint) this locution? Max Hyre (Somewhere in the vicinity of decvax!ittvax!bunker!max)