>>And someone tell them on ER that it takes less time to say 'gun shot wound' than it does to say 'gee-ess-double-u'
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>My mother had already complained years ago about the acronym, WWF, being much longer than "World Widelife Fund" (7 syllables instead of 4). (The organization was later renamed to "World-Wide Fund for Nature", maintaining the TLA).
Generally I ouish that "W" ouould just go aouay (or be called "wee", like "vee"). Oue don't need it - oue could replace it with "ou" :-)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.