Its Friday: In the 1960s show The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - UNCLE didn't stand for anything - but there was so much clamor for an explanation - the writers came up with: United Network Command for Law Enforcement
So sometimes the cart does come before the horse ..... Chris hoelscher Technology Architect | Database Infrastructure Services Technology Solution Services 123 East Main Street |Louisville, KY 40202 choelsc...@humana.com Humana.com Keeping CAS and Metavance safe for all HUMANAty -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Anne & Lynn Wheeler Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 11:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Etymology of APAR jwgli...@gmail.com (John Gilmore) writes: > Did the phrase come first, followed by its acronym? Or did the > acronym come first, followed by the construction of a more or, often, > very much less felicitous phrase to serve as its imputed its origin? The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
