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School has gone too far -- yearbook control
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 281277" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On the suubject of licence plates (number plates, here in Oz) - we also play acronym games with them. A lot of medical terms, especially hormones, use three digit acronyms (and Aussie licence plates tend to be 3 letter/3 number combo). The other 'game' for high school science students, is chemical compounds. The first person to mention the name of a chemcial compound (or element, if it's a 2 digit motorbike plate) is the winner. </p><p></p><p>That quatrain of Star's is one that has stood the test of time. Remember autograph books? Or were they just an Aussie fad back inthe 60s? I had that one written in mine. Then someone else wrote,</p><p></p><p>11 was a racehorse,</p><p>22 was 12.</p><p>1111 race</p><p>And 22112.</p><p></p><p>A clue - don't read it as compound numbers, read each digit aloud.</p><p></p><p>So I was wrong - some acronyms are forever.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 281277, member: 1991"] On the suubject of licence plates (number plates, here in Oz) - we also play acronym games with them. A lot of medical terms, especially hormones, use three digit acronyms (and Aussie licence plates tend to be 3 letter/3 number combo). The other 'game' for high school science students, is chemical compounds. The first person to mention the name of a chemcial compound (or element, if it's a 2 digit motorbike plate) is the winner. That quatrain of Star's is one that has stood the test of time. Remember autograph books? Or were they just an Aussie fad back inthe 60s? I had that one written in mine. Then someone else wrote, 11 was a racehorse, 22 was 12. 1111 race And 22112. A clue - don't read it as compound numbers, read each digit aloud. So I was wrong - some acronyms are forever. Marg [/QUOTE]
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