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[Mike Schwartz (PC Support)]

> The honourable and venerable GCC Consulting spoke thus:
> >
> > Just guessing but how about "Thanks" - enjoy your dinner"?
> 
> Should have been clearer...  I knew that, but 'transmit' was my first
> thought.  Yes, it is thanks--usually ty or thx, but sometimes tx.
> 
> m->

     Abbreviations and mnemonics have always been a double edged sword.
It's especially tough on us consultants who work in multiple industries.  

     For example, I particularly hate "MAC".  If I have by military cap on,
it means "Military Assistance Command".  If I'm in a hospital environment,
just in the anesthesiology arena alone it could mean "Mean Alveolar
Concentration" or "Monitored Anesthesia Care", depending on context. 

     The first "Mac" I learned in high school was "machine address code",
and whenever somebody says "mac" in a computer context, that always pops
into my head first.  Of course, now days, it's more likely to mean
"Macintosh Computer" or "Media Access Control".

Mike Schwartz