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From: <tday6_at_csc.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 17:14:22 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0035F3A5.20010803063530@fatcity.com>

Well, I do remember enough Morse code to say that SOS is "dit-dit-dit, dah-dah-dah, dit-dit-dit". It's very easy to remember and recognize. There was a universal distress signal before that (1912 - HMS Titanic was the first ship to send an SOS) but I don't remember what it was. It was changed to SOS for "ease of use" as we would say.                                                                                             

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I highly believe SOS means save our soul.

That sites gives no reasoning behind their claim, no one just picks letters for no reasoning.

"Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes."

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This Is a simple one: BTW-bye the way.

I visited www.acronymfinder.com. Here is something I wanted to share. /SOS [not an acronym] a common misconception is that SOS means Save Our Ship/Souls (a distress call); the letters don't actually stand for anything./

I always wanted to know what SOS really meant. It is not an acronym at all.
Cool site.

> ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
>
> I believe there actually is a web site somewhere that keeps track of
> these acronyms.
>
> Patrice Boivin
> Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
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>
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> From: Babette Turner-Underwood [SMTP:babattt_at_home.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 2:25 AM
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> Or Happy To Help ...
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> Also ... YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (this took me FOREVER to
> guess)
> LOL - laughing out loud
> RTM - read the manual
> RTFM - read the Fine manual
> IMHO - in my humble opinion OR in my honest opinion
> OT - Off topic
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> Babette
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> > hope this helps
> >
> > hth
> >
> > yosi
> >
> >
> > Michael wrote:
> >
> > > ...which means it's probably going to start a great big thread
> :) I
> > > see a lot of emails with HTH on them, seemingly some sort of way
> to
> > > say "thankyou" or something... as they're always at the end of
> > > somebodies message right before they sign off their name.. I
> have
> > > pondered, and pondered as to what HTH could stand for, could
> somebody
> > > be so kind as to fill me in ? Thanks,Michael.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Yosi
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > Yosi Greenfield
> > Oracle Certified DBA
> > ygreenfield_at_compuserve.com
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> >
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