I (heart) ATL

I just got back from a vacation to the east coast, and in one restaurant bathroom I saw an interesting piece of graffiti:

      I (heart) ATL

Actually, that wasn't the only interesting insight written on that stall wall.  There also was:

      Continental breakfast isn't real breakfast!

Indeed.  But anyway, I was pretty surprised to see such passion for ATL... until I remembered that I was in Atlanta, so ATL probably didn't stand for Active Template Library!  It was a simple case of civic pride.

That's actually not the first time my comprehension of the English language was tainted by tech jargon.  I once did a double-take when someone (Joey, maybe?) said "cocreate" in an episode of Friends!  Has anyone else been caught off guard by tech jargon seeming to appear in non-technical conversation?  When you hear “mom,” is Microsoft Operations Manager the first thing that pops into your mind?  (I hope not!)

Published 12 July 05 10:19 by Adam Nathan
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# Pradeep U.N. said on July 12, 2005 1:56 PM:
When you hear “mom,” is Microsoft Operations Manager the first thing that pops into your mind?
I must admit that is not true for me...

Though when i hear Pop.
I dont think of Soda or the cartoon guy from RiceKrispies.... But of DataStacks. Lol.
I hear ya Bro :)
Funny.
# William Bartholomew said on July 12, 2005 6:41 PM:
> When you hear “mom,” is Microsoft Operations Manager the first thing that pops into your mind?

When it's spelt that way it is ;)

William (an Aussie)
# Kent Boogaart said on July 12, 2005 11:20 PM:
Every time I hear "java" in reference to coffee, I certainly don't think of coffee.

Oh, and I hear ya, William.

Kent (another Aussie).
# glengordon said on July 22, 2005 3:04 PM:
Mike's Hard Lemonade (a beer-like drink for those that don't know) for a while was printing words under the cap like "LOVE", "CAN", "UNDER" and so on. One time I opened a bottle and the word was "SOAP" and I thought how odd for the Mike's Lemonade people to print a technical term under the cap. Then I figured it out. I think the fact that it was in ALL CAPS threw me. :-)
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