[LMB] OT: ANZAC?
Richard Macdonald
don_iain at verizon.net
Sat Dec 1 09:11:22 GMT 2007
From: "Jacki Knight" <jacki at knightech.com.au>
> On 27/11/2007, at 12:57 AM, paal at gis.net wrote:
>
>> "ANZAC" is in regular contemporary use in defence and defence/defense
>> industry contexts, actually.
>
> Again, military focus (although I'd be curious to know what the AC at
> the end stands for in this day and age) not civilian which is what I
> was referring to. The military is such a small part of life in this
> country and really has very little bearing on the modern character as
> far as I've seen.
The AC in ANZAC probably has no current meaning and the acronym
is just a traditional holdover for any combination of Australia and New
Zealand. (Tradition man, tradition)
--
Richard A. Macdonald, CPA/EA
SSG(Ret), USA, ADA, 16P34
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