a rose is a rose....

In-reply-to: <map=1994Feb07132636@gaak.bbn.com> (mail from Michael A.
Patton on Mon 7 Feb 1994 13:26:36 -0500) From: "Michael A. Patton" <MAP@
nic.dsi.net>

As an amateur lexicographer I've thought a little bit more about the
name question(*). I've tried a number of permutations of the words I
like, and three interesting new combinations which form real words are:

- the Forum for Internet Operators in North America (FIONA)

how about Forum for Network Operations Related Discussion?

<fnord>

              ---Rob

how about Forum for Network Operations Related Discussion?

<fnord>

              ---Rob

Forum for Internet Operations Related Discussion (FIORD)?

What happenned to the North America part?

Curtis

BTW - Is the purpose of this exersize to provide an acronym that
insures we don't take ourselves too seriously? (North American
Internet Operations Discussions - NIRD)?