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Tony McCoy O'Grady

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« Reply #60 on: October 26, 2003, 09:47:23 PM »
Itasan wrote:

> Thank you very much for the kind answer.
> I read about this 'apronym' in 'Wikipedia'.
> The inventor is you, right?

Yes. With a little help from other people who regularly bisit this website.

> I would like to introduce this in a local magazine (English Education).
>  Of course, whether they will accept my manuscript or not is up to them.
> I'd be very happy if you would give me any further information about this.

Read all the entries on this thread, and also read the thread "Meaningful Acronyms". That should tell you a lot aboput how the word was invented and why it was not slightly different.

After that if you require any further information please ask again.

Thank you for spreading the word.

Tony

Angela Brett

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« Reply #61 on: October 27, 2003, 09:01:44 AM »
>>> On 26 October 2003 08:47:23 UTC, Tony McCoy O'Grady wrote:

Read all the entries on this thread, and also read the thread "Meaningful Acronyms". That should tell you a lot aboput how the word was invented and why it was not slightly different.

Then I said:

You could also look at http://apronyms.com/apronyms.html which is mostly a summary of (and links to) the threads Tony mentioned.