Barry
09-04-2007, 11:08 AM
What's the significance of "Wacco" anyway? I've had it pronounced "wacko" and "Wako" to me by folks who've answered ads I've put here.
There seems to be a general non-understanding about that term.This service evolved out of the original WaCCO Yahoogroup started by Denise Meier back in 2000 (?) and I took over as moderator in 2002(?). Denise created the name WaCCO as an acronym for West (a) County Community Online.
When I took over as moderator, I renamed it to WaccoBB (BB for Bulletin Board), to distinguish it from the other Wacco Yahoogroups that I started, WaccoTalk and WaccoReader, as an early attempt of categorization.
The correct pronunciation is "Wacko B B dot net" or "Wacko" for short.
"Waccovians"! I hadn't seen that before; did I miss a thread? Why "Waccovians"? Shouldn't it instead be "Waccobians" (Waccobistas, Waccobans, Waccols, WaccoB-Sers, etc. ad infinitum?Precisely! All of the above and more are appropriate and most welcome! Perhaps Roland (https://www.waccobb.net/forums/member.php?u=268) will continue to invent ever more creative labels for us!
I've been known to reference our community as Waccoville and Waccovia as well!
There seems to be a general non-understanding about that term.This service evolved out of the original WaCCO Yahoogroup started by Denise Meier back in 2000 (?) and I took over as moderator in 2002(?). Denise created the name WaCCO as an acronym for West (a) County Community Online.
When I took over as moderator, I renamed it to WaccoBB (BB for Bulletin Board), to distinguish it from the other Wacco Yahoogroups that I started, WaccoTalk and WaccoReader, as an early attempt of categorization.
The correct pronunciation is "Wacko B B dot net" or "Wacko" for short.
"Waccovians"! I hadn't seen that before; did I miss a thread? Why "Waccovians"? Shouldn't it instead be "Waccobians" (Waccobistas, Waccobans, Waccols, WaccoB-Sers, etc. ad infinitum?Precisely! All of the above and more are appropriate and most welcome! Perhaps Roland (https://www.waccobb.net/forums/member.php?u=268) will continue to invent ever more creative labels for us!
I've been known to reference our community as Waccoville and Waccovia as well!