text message abbreviations used in speech!

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:18 PM -0400 5/24/02, Mark A Mandel wrote:
>#TANSTAAFL:  There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.  (Unlike GAFIA, this
>#one I think originated outside s.f fandom.)
>
>This one was at least popularized within fandom by Robert A. Heinlein's
>_The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress_. He may have originated it, but I don't
>know for sure.
>
We had a long thread on this a while back that should be
de-archivable.  I think there was even a semi-definitive result.

larry