| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004
Posts: 1670
Location: Ask me
|
 Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:40 am Post subject: spam |
 |
|
My email box is full of spam advertisng things I don't need.
Is spam plural or singular?
Thanks |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
iitimone7
Joined: 09 Aug 2005
Posts: 400
Location: Indiana, USA
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:59 am Post subject: spam |
|
|
| spam is singular. i'm sure that it's an acronym for something, but i don't know what it is. iitimone7 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
Posts: 1767
Location: So. Cal
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:11 am Post subject: |
|
|
| It's treated as an uncountable noun. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
stellara
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 583
Location: germany
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:36 pm Post subject: |
|
|
btw, SPAM isn't an acronym. But i may stand for "Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages" 
_________________
Don't cry because it's over - smile because it happened!
MOKEY ROCKS!!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
iitimone7
Joined: 09 Aug 2005
Posts: 400
Location: Indiana, USA
|
| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject: spam |
|
|
| great answer!! i like the acronym...iitimone7 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
advoca
Joined: 09 Oct 2003
Posts: 422
Location: Beijing
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:29 am Post subject: |
|
|
Just for interest and amusement:
It has jokingly been suggested that SPAM is an acronym from: Stupid People's AdvertiseMent.
And that according to the great philosopher Discardes -- Cookito, ergo spam.
There has also been a Stop Pornography and Abusive Marketing ACT. A bill sponsored in 2003 by Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), to create a do-not-spam registry. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Brian Boyd
Joined: 18 Oct 2005
Posts: 176
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:24 am Post subject: |
|
|
| I read on Wikipedia recently that using the word spam for useless annoying and unwanted emails came from the Monty Python song 'Spam spam spam spam...' |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
