Subject: Re: OSRs (obSal?)
From: Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Date: Sat Oct 14 2000 - 13:00:33 GMT
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 01:09:47PM +0100, Scottie Bowman wrote:
> And, OK, what is an OSR, or an obSal? Obligatory Salinger
> Reference? Ordinarily Suppressed Rubbish? Outstandingly
> Stupid Remark? obiit Salingerus? obfuscating Sarah?
>From the old days on the Internet, when there were many fewer
discussion lists and connections were not cheap, people participating
in a forum were expected to stick to the topics at hand and not
digress. So, there came to be Obligatory Reference -- if you didn't
make your post pertinent, you (to play in the spirit of things) make
an obligatory reference to it at the end, and labeled it "ObRef" or
(a local custom) ObSal. Partly tongue in cheek, partly serious.
Paul has crowned it an "OSR." Just another derivation. And all
because this medium came from sparse roots, where every paragraph
mattered dearly and there was no tolerance for digression. I'm glad
we have the ability to tolerate digression, for in there we find so
many good comments.
> For that matter, what is a D?
A very highly valued subscriber.
--tim
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