It's a Star Wars reference made to look like the professional designation initials some put after their names, like CPA, or Order of the British Empire honorary title. It's as close I could come in spelling as the Star Wars guys name is actually Obi-Wan Kenobi, but you get the idea... :)

Shouldn't that be "spelt"?

Ummm .... nope!

Main Entry: spelt
Pronunciation: 'spelt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin spelta, of Germanic origin; perhaps akin to Middle High German spelte split piece of wood, Old High German spaltan to split -- more at SPLIT
: a wheat (Triticum aestivum spelta) with lax spikes and spikelets containing two light red kernels

Main Entry: spell
Pronunciation: 'spel
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): spelled /'speld, 'spelt/; spell·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French espeller, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English spell talk
transitive senses
1 : to read slowly and with difficulty -- often used with out
2 : to find out by study : come to understand -- often used with out <it requires some pains to spell out those decorations -- F. J. Mather>
3 a (1) : to name the letters of in order; also : to write or print the letters of in order (2) : to write or print the letters of in a particular way <you can spell it either way> <I spelled it wrong> b : to make up (a word) <what word do these letters spell> c : WRITE 1b <catnip is spelled as one word>
4 : to add up to : MEAN <crop failure was likely to spell stark famine -- Stringfellow Barr>
intransitive senses : to form words with letters <teach children to spell>; also : to spell words in a certain way <spells the way he speaks>

Over Bloo_dy Eighty is what I thought it stood for. Now the other Duplicate thread was all about nothing, this one has opened my eyes :D

Away for three weeks...and here we are again...
 

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You guys are unreal, but it's a great recomfort feelling to see that things don't change in the AC forum. I've been gone for three weeks and the first thing I see when I come back is another dupe thread!!! :D :D

Welcome back SL

How were the vacations?

Things went just great. Would you believe that we had rain the first two and last two days of a three weeks holiday in London?? We even had the luxury of a heat wave for four days!

Despite the terrorists attacks, we never felt in danger, althought we were an invisible minority...French Canadians!! :D :D Good to be back home!!

So, welcome back to the colony of Canada.....did you tell the Britswe arenow in charge :D

Its a great City and I guess you know my daughter has just moved there.

If this was university, you'd have to run this through Turn-it-in before submitting such a thread. :D

Told them to check with your daughter, since YOU are in charge now in Canada!! :D :D

That' impressive, does that mean Parnel also has his own 3-letter citycode designator. I'm learning lots in this thread. :)

Not a bad idea. The other one is getting a little old. But it'll be very curious to see how long will it take for this one to develop as the other one did. ;)

Rejuvenated: You have been quiet lately!

Develop or degenerate? ;) :D

Yup. My jet-lag went haywired all of last week in HK that I forgot how to click the mouse. :D :eek: