Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site mtunh.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mgh From: mgh@mtunh.UUCP (Marcus Hand) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.nlang.africa Subject: Re: Derivation of O.K. (actually U.S.) Message-ID: <472@mtunh.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 23:20:26 EDT Article-I.D.: mtunh.472 Posted: Mon Jul 1 23:20:26 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 07:13:39 EDT References: <180@brueer.brueer.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 7 Xref: watmath net.nlang:3313 net.nlang.africa:71 Actually the term U.S. (or more properly U/S) to denote something that is not working is an abbreviation of UnServiceable from old (WWII ?) army parlance. -- Marcus Hand (mtunh!mgh)