Pocket = mobile device version

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Sun Oct 12 04:01:34 UTC 2014


> On Oct 11, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> 
> At 10/11/2014 06:40 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>> Minecraft has a PE (Pocket Edition) edition (yes, pocket edition edition) ...
> 
> And I was once roundly criticized for disliking MLS soccer (yes, 
> major league soccer soccer) and its siblings.

Sorry, I was too lazy to look up the word for it. It’s RAS syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome>). BB
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