OT: Re: Free lunches

[Dave Taira <bodhi@hagakure.org>]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Igor Grabin wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, John Horn wrote:
> 
> > "Tanstaafl" (Ostensibly Russian, meaning 'There is no such thing as a
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't don't remember such a word in Russian :)

"Ostensibly" Russian. Meaning "could (maybe) be passed off as such to
a non-Russian speaking individual[0]" when it is, in reality, an
acronym.

[0] Okay, a gullible non-Russian speaking individual.
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| Dave Taira <bodhi@hagakure.org>                2000.11.02/12:51:07 PST |
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