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[Laurence Horn]

> On Nov 11, 2019, at 9:49 PM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> 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.  
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> MAM
> which, at least around here, stands for "Mark A. Mandel"
> 
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> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 2:16 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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
>> 
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