At 10:27 10/27/2004, Tim Demarest wrote:
>Hah! I always go with IMAO (In My Arrogant Opinion)... since I believe in
>truth in advertising, and I've found that IMHO is almost *always* followed
>by an arrogant statement.

I was taught long ago that that acronym is supposed to code for the
sender's self-claim to expertise on the subject:
IMHO - I have no special quals
IMO - I am knowledgeable or expert in the subject
IMNSHO (..Not So Humble...) - I am an authority on the subject

I admit to occasionally misusing the last one as in intensified form of IMO
-- I am in fact an authority on nothing at all [except my own opinions] so
should never ever use it instead of maybe once every year or two.  But IMHO
is a specific disclaimer of expertise.

d
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