Re: Tommy doesn't know history, and can't spell or type right

From: "*** T. Winter" <***.Winter@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:14:43 GMT

In article <15587716.1188254299380.JavaMail.jakarta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tommy1729 <tommy1729@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

neilist wrote:

....

WO = world war also known as WW.

Not to the English speaking world. It is a Dutch abbreviation, not known
to anyone else. You had better not use Dutch colloquialisms when writing
in an international newsgroep. If you think otherwise, I have a doubt
for you.
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- Thanks a whole lot. A non-English abbreviation causes me to offend the Dutch.
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