[Ads-l] soldier

[Mark Mandel]

ISTM that the present meaning of "USAF" is far too familiar to be
superseded there.

MAM (palindrome)



On Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 10:09 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> > On Nov 11, 2019, at 9:49 PM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately for that proposal, USAF has a long history of signifying
> > "United States Air Force”.
>
> Yeah, I thought of that.  I figured in the acronym it wouldn’t matter, but
> my alternative thought, MOTUSM for “Member of the US Military”, has some
> issues with the phonotactics.
> >
> > MAM
> > which, at least around here, stands for "Mark A. Mandel"
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 2:16 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I nominate MOTUSAF (Member of the United States Armed Forces).
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 2:01 PM Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is there a generic term that includes all members of military forces?
> >>> Currently in the United States the practice seems to be to refer to
> >>> “service men and women,” but that seems cumbersome and cannot
> necessarily
> >>> be extended to those from other countries.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> John Baker
> >>
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org