txt abrvs in speech? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Alice Faber]

And all I can think of is Hair!

On 3/30/10 12:40 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> I would have expected such a routine from Tom Lehrer.
>
>       VS-)
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> On 3/30/2010 12:10 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
>> Isn't there a routine by George Carlin, in which he uses and strings
>> together a ton of initialisms and acronyms? ("FYI, I need your ATM PIN
>> PDQ")  A cursory search online doesn't reveal it, but I think it is
>> similarly structured to his "A Modern Man" routine, which is online.
>>
>>
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