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WTF

Bound to happen.

The world of computing has altered the meaning and use of many words and letters. One person’s innocent acronym, out of context, could be a censor’s (or editor’s) nightmare.

To remove doubt and snickers, a group of lobbyists for the state tourism industry has quietly traded Wisconsin Tourism Federation, WTF, for Tourism Federation of Wisconsin, or TFW.

Posted by Owen at 2325 hrs
Off-Duty

1. A friend pointed out that it should have been changed to the Federation of Tourism of Wisconsin or FTW (for the win!).

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 30, 2009 at 0637 hrs
   
   
   

2. In 1989, North Texas State University changed its name to the University of North Texas.

   Its radio station call letters, KNTU, remained the same.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 30, 2009 at 1140 hrs
   
   
   

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