Help: LETTER of the Lore - WWII acronyms.

Subject: RE: Help: LETTER of the Lore - WW2 acronyms.
From: Sarah2
Date: 06 Mar 01 - 09:40 PM

Sneaky lot, those soldiers, Sinsull. You have to wonder how those guys kept their sense of humor, too. That's a great story.

Sarah

Subject: RE: Help: LETTER of the Lore - WW2 acronyms.
From: SINSULL
Date: 06 Mar 01 - 08:41 PM

A little off the beaten track. One of my teachers told the story of her brother in a POW camp. He wrote home (amid mostly blacked out lines). They are treating us well. Tell Dad. Tell Aunt So-and-So, and don't forget to tell it to the marines.

Subject: RE: Help: LETTER of the Lore - WW2 acronyms.
From: Sarah2
Date: 06 Mar 01 - 08:31 PM

I don't know about acronyms on the backs of letters, just the normal U.S. military ones, which live on today:

SNAFU: situation normal all f******d up

FUBAR: f******d up beyond all recognition

and the name JEEP is from GP, General Purpose vehicle.

Sarah

Subject: LETTER of the Lore - WW2 acronyms.
From: Mr Red
Date: 06 Mar 01 - 06:41 PM

I have my first mobile phone and - ergo - re-newed an interest in the benefits of abreviating messages.

I remember stories of WW2 acronyms written on the back of soldiers envelopes written to wives and lovers.

Known examples:-

• ITALY I Trust And Love You
• EGYPT Eager to Grasp Your Pretty Torso/Tits
• HOLLAND Hope Our Love Lives And Never Dies
• NORWICH kNickers Off Ready When I come Home
• SWAK, SWALK, SWANK, SWALCAKWS Sealed With A Kiss / Loving Kiss /Nice Kiss / lick Cos A Kiss Won't Stick
• BOLTOP Better On Lips Than On Paper

In a related acronym thread two more where mentioned but no explanation was offered:

• CHINA
• MALTA
• I seem to remember LONDON had a hidden message.

Can anyone explain the three above, offer any more genuine examples, or invented ones of this ilk. Please state which are which.

TIA

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