> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Patrick O'Keefe > > Words change over time. There used to be a legume called the > "pease" in English. But that sounded plural so people > started using as such. And a word means what people think it > means, so that legume is now the "pea". > That was long before acronyms were common (if they existed at > all). I suspect "PIN" is well on it's way to becoming "pin" > with a definition something like "A password consisting of digits".
So eventually we might not need to remind folks to enter their Personal Identification Number number when they visit an Automated Teller Machine machine? -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html