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Fun With Acronyms?
 
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I seem to recall that the old "Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!" comics had a shadowy organization called A.C.R.O.S.T.I.C. whose acronym
expansion changed from mention to mention.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll
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Fun With Acronyms? - by Bob Schroeck - 04-20-2009, 06:53 PM
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