Re: Acronyms--RTFM

Subject: Re: Acronyms--RTFM
From: "Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:28:00 -0800

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From: Miark

>This was a new one for me. Does it mean what I think it means?
>
>read the F$%#! manual--?


Yes. It's a beaut, ain't it? And Marie Paretti came up with a variation
of
it: RTF*OL*M. OL=online. Although we could also use RTFOM.
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Uh, that would be RTFO-LM. But personally, I think the F is tastless
and crude, adding nothing to the instruction and demeaning not just the
reader but the writer (if only because it's verbose). Why not just
leave it out?


Regards,

John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services
Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2
Tacoma, WA 98477-0001 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)


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