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    "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/whorl/480",
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  "archive": "whorl",
  "thread": {
    "id": 480,
    "subject": "TALUS - an acronym?",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "1998-06-01T21:10:54+00:00",
    "last": "1998-06-01T22:02:20+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0008-0650@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Latro1",
        "address": "latro1 at aol.com"
      },
      "date": "1998-06-01T22:02:20+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) TALUS - an acronym?",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Hi, I'm new to the Whorl list and I've got a question:\nWhat if TALUS is an acronym?\n\nTitanium Armored Large Undercarriage Soldier\nTank Artillery Logistical Underground Soldier\nTotally Angry Large Ugly Soldier"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0008-0651@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Michael Straight",
        "address": "straight at email.unc.edu"
      },
      "date": "1998-06-01T21:10:54+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (whorl) TALUS - an acronym?",
      "in_reply_to": "<whorl-v0008-0650@digest.urth.net>",
      "reply_link": "subject",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "On Mon, 1 Jun 1998 Latro1 at aol.com wrote:\nHi, I'm new to the Whorl list and I've got a question:\nWhat if TALUS is an acronym?\n\nTitanium Armored Large Undercarriage Soldier\nTank Artillery Logistical Underground Soldier\nTotally Angry Large Ugly Soldier"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Well, Horn doesn't write it in all caps, so if it originally was an\nacronym, it's probably one like 'radar' or 'scuba' where most people don't\nknow what it stands for or even that it ever was an acronym.\n\nSo I'd put that under 'possible, but I doubt we'll ever get any evidence\nfor it.'\n\n-Rostrum"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
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