Posted by Blinky the Shark on 03/13/06 03:09

Eben King wrote:

> Tin Man Alley wrote:
>> In article <8jKQf.71761$Fw6.62296@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>,
>> Eben King <ebenONE@tampabay.ARE-ARE.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Interesting usage. Logical, I guess, but I haven't heard it. Is it
>>>regional?
>>
>> Also known as discussion groups or newsgroups.
>>
>> Usenet actually existed before e-mail and HTML used by web browsers.
>
> I understand Usenet. It's the usage of "the Usenet" on which I
> commented.

Wherever they use it, at least it's not been Myed. My Yahoo, My
Documents, My AOL, My This, My That, My IE, probably My Google Groups,
My Big Pencil, My Internet.

"i cant get photo's on my internet lol"

"Well, you're not going to get any from mine, either, AOLer."


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