backformations (again)
Robert S. Wachal
robert-wachal at UIOWA.EDU
Thu Feb 8 23:09:01 UTC 2001
I thought I knew most of the ndet acronyms but OT a d ISTM are new to me.
Ill add them to the 3nd of my abbreviations dictionary.
Thanks very much, Mark.
Best,
Bob
At 05:59 PM 2/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I used the Netspeakism "ISTM" without explanation, and Bob Wachal queried
>it. Sorry. "It seems to me". Common in newsgroups, along with many other
>hedges, discourse markers (BTW "by the way", OT "off topic", ObX
>"obligatory mention of [nominal topic of group]" ...), and so on.
>
>-- Mark A. Mandel
>
>
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