Language is evolutionary. Acronyms are an extension of language. It seems to me that the big argument here is that once an acronym is used for one thing it may never, ever be used for any other purpose else mass confusion will result, the earth will stop spinning on it's axis and we'll all float off into space. That said, can anybody please provide a practical example of how the old USS and the new USS could possibly be used alone or together where the meaning could not be correctly derived from context? If not then might I suggest to all that this topic has about run it's course?
If memory serves, I believe the United States Navy was using USS long before IBM ever got into the game. Regards, Don Grinsell State of Montana "The power of accurate observation is often mistaken for cynicism by those who have not got it." -- George Bernard Shaw ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
