Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site cwruecmp.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cwruecmp!rrrm From: rrrm@cwruecmp.UUCP (R Robertson + R McGuire) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: escape talk Message-ID: <982@cwruecmp.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 01:24:40 EST Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.982 Posted: Sat Feb 11 01:24:40 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Feb-84 21:56:06 EST Organization: CWRU Computer Engr. Cleveland, Ohio Lines: 26 Did you every have one of those conversations where you knew just what the other person was going to say by the way he started off? Just think of how much time people could save by just saying enough of well known phrases, sentences, etc... The DEC-20 has a neat little feature where you only have to type in enough letters of command to distinguish it from the others. For example you don't have to type 'print /noheader prog.pas'; all you need is 'pr/noh prog.p ' (where means you hit the escape key). This could be carried over into everyday life. Why worry about toung- twisters, for example. You could just say 'Peter Piper picked ' and people would know the rest. If you Sunday school teacher asked to memorize the book of Genesis you could just say 'In the beginning ' and he'd know exactly what you meant. Now when somebody asks me what I'm studying, in stead of 'Computer Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio', I just say 'Comp E at Case West , Clev , O '. There has got to be more examples of 'escape talk', or 'esc ta ' out there. I've already given you some examples; let's see what you can come up with. The only rule is that the person the 'escape phrase' (or esc phr ) is for must know what goes in place of the . Ryan McGuire (Ry McG ) (the rm of rrrm)