From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:28:17 -0400, "Gary Wiltshire"
 wrote:

>On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:34:05 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:
>
>> In article , gmcaloon_2000
>> {at}Yahoo.com says...
>>> 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.
>>
>> Oh, like FDR, Ike, JFK...?
>>
>
>FDR, JFK (and LBJ) are certainly commonplace, but I have *never* heard
>Truman called "HST," except by Phil.

FWIW, I'm almost certain I've seen "HST" as a crossword answer.

doug

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