[LINK] grammar nazis

[Antony Barry]

On 26/10/2006, at 12:42 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote:

> English is a living language, and demands the bending and reforming  
> of rules. There was a time when the acronym 'LASER' was the only  
> way to spell 'laser'. Times change.

When I were a lud and still doing physics, LASER was the optical  
equivalent of a MASER. After it was invented, and after we got over  
the initial astonishment, we wondered what possible use it could be  
and considered it a rather interesting curiosity.

Tony

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