From: "John Beamish" 

Americans don't share the Brit habit?

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"Gene McAloon"  wrote in message
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> On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 08:08:03 +0200, Phil Payne 
wrote:
>
>
> Indeed it is Adam's ignorance, ignorance of American practice. Only a
computer
> geek or a Brit would use HST when referring to Truman. Americans don't
share the
> Brit habit of abbreviating just about anything, even people's names.
Especially
> out of context, very few here would recognize HST as referring to Truman.

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