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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: wye knot? #140018 02/22/05 11:45 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > who rather than what <ahem> "Since MAC is capitalised..." Listening to lawyers lessens legitimacy ;) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MAC #140019 02/22/05 11:49 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC James Alistair Donald was the first president of Michigan Agricultural College, and it was he who started the dairy industry that survives to this day. Even though the college has moved on to bigger and better (well except for being unable to beat UM) all kids learn about the old school and its beloved president: Old MAC's Donald had a farm TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wye knot? #140020 02/22/05 11:55 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 <ahem> "Since MAC is capitalised..." So, if it were MLK Blvd and we were asked who MLK was we would start looking for Michigan Lakes Kollege? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wye knot? #140021 02/22/05 12:01 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont thank you, Faldage, I feel better now. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wye knot? #140022 02/22/05 02:35 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > MLK Blvd Is that a common kind of abbreviation over there then? Man, you guys are weird! :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wye knot? #140023 02/22/05 02:42 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont you don't got MiLK? :¬ ) formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: MAC #140024 02/22/05 02:50 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye OP Pooh-Bah OP Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 well except for being unable to beat UM What? We're 12 out of the last 13 in men's hoops, which is all that really counts, anyway. March Madness is almost here. WOOT! Mav: MLK is the abbreviation for Martin Luther King (Jr), a civil rights leader who was assassinated in the 60s. There are many schools, streets and parks named after him now, and the abbreviation is pretty common. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: MLK sop #140025 02/22/05 03:10 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Yep, I dreamed up who it must be - it's the passion for abbreviation I guess I find, er, different! Did I do OK there, Steven? :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wye Not? #140026 02/22/05 11:41 PM Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas D Dgeigh member Dgeigh member D Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas Here’s a link to a picture of a wye not: http://tinyurl.com/6bbta Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wye Not? #140027 02/22/05 11:54 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, I see an 'o', and perhaps a backwards 'z', and a broken 'v', but I do na' see a 'y.' Cute little photo, however. 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