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OP These days, SPAM has two meanings - unwanted e-mail and a tinned food that purports to be made of meat.
Any ideas where the title came from as a name for tinned meat?
Any idea why the name was transferred to e-mail nuisances?
On the first, my dear wife has suggested that it is war-time code name for Small Particles of Atrocious Meat, which sounds good - too good to be true, unfortunately.
Also, what about the Cartesian connection embodied in the well know dictum, "I'm pink, therefore I'm Spam."
Rhub, another thread discussed this less than a month ago. However, it obviously wasn't called "Spam", because I couldn't find it quickly.
SPAM was a brand-name. Perhaps tsuwm ... ?
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
>SPAM was a brand-name. Perhaps tsuwm ... ?
loathe as I am to be convicted(!) to post... [hi Jackie!]
SPicy hAM *is* produced in Austin, Minnesota (just down the road from me).
http://www.spam.com/sp.htm
Seems to me that Spam was the invention of the Hormel Co. (meatpackers) around/during WWII. We need someone in Hawaii for input -- I understand it's very popular there and the highest per capita consumption state in USA. At the risk of sounding low class, I have to confess a fondness for a fried Spam sandwich (with mustard on ordinary white bread), but never can eat it because it's unbelievably high in sodium, which I'm not allowed.
try this one as well, from our very own fearless leader. see september 12 AND sept 15
http://www.wordsmith.org:80/awad/archives/0900
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