On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 11:34 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 09:54 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >> What it stands for is the first letter of each word in "There ain't no such > > >> thing as a free lunch" > > >> > > > I've known the saying for as long as I can remember, though I don't recall > > > ever seeing the acronym before. > > > > > > Actually, I deplore the use of long acronyms that frequently mean little or > > > nothing to the reader. > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > I despise acronyms myself. I never know what someone is referring to, > > especially the example put forth on the list. Stating that there was no > > such thing as a free lunch would have been better and understood my more > > readers of the list. > > True, but since it was used by Heinlein and for the most part we are > SciFi reading geeks, it was appropriate to quote the "Master" as he used > it. <g> Plus some acronyms don't bear translating, like SNAFU and STFU > <cackles> Ric According to Bartlett's Quotations the expression is attributed top Milton Friedman. -- ======================================================================= Research is the best place to be: you work your buns off, and if it works you're a hero; if it doesn't, well -- nobody else has done it yet either, so you're still a valiant nerd. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
