Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] why do bombs whistle?
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Sun Nov 2 06:38:56 2008
References: <82c9dd70811011405j671e1814v13d368bdd7a1f177@mail.gmail.com> <200811012122.mA1LMOGb066266@server1.waverley.reid.org> <754E60FA7B522D6DA1DAE716@hindolveston.reid.org>
 
At 05:51 PM 11/1/2008, Brian Reid wrote:
 >
 >> What is "comp sci"?  I am rather hostile to cutsey phrases like
 >this:  if you want to say something, say it.
 >
 >"Comp sci" is the universal nickname at every US university for
 >Computer Science.
 >Similar to "Poly Sci" for Political Science.

Thanks, Brian.  The use of obscure academic slang 
in a general conversation is odd, if not outright obfuscatory.

Marc


msmall@aya.yale.edu
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