Thanks, Chris, I never thought about what it meant. I guess we old guys can learn something from you young guys!

Cheers!

Originally posted by datto_240z

I was neva tort what QANTAS means in school... Doesn't say much for my school! :stupid:

Q:Queensland

A:And

N:Northern

T:Teritory

A:Airline

S:Service

Close, but NOT exactly correct!!

According to their website it is "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services" Limited (QANTAS)

Originally posted by Bambikiller240

Close, but NOT exactly correct!!

According to their website it is "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services" Limited (QANTAS)

That's what they want you to think... it's really something else;

Q: Queer

A: Australians

N: Number

T: Thousands

A: Around

S: Sydney

ROFL

won't touch that one , the aussie are a sensitive bunch

The funny thing about Qantas is that they have a very good safety record touch wood.

Funny joke all the same already got it in a email once but worth a second read .

An airline with a great safety record. Some say they are the luckiest airline still flying. They do a superb job even with the executive management team they suffer. I take my hat off to those that work for QANTAS as management is really trying to screw thier employes with individual contracts and reduced pay rate. A quick way to oblivion for a second line operator with a first class reputation.

now I climb down from my soap box.

cheers

Steve :classic:

The way I see it is that QANTAS must be just about due for their huge huge crash soon, so I shall steer clear. I mean everytime you get on a plane, you are sitting amongst thousands of components bought from the cheapest tender, its not a nice thought.

Datto 240Z,

Have a look in a dictionary mate I think you will find it is a word. Also if we're going to be picky, Northern Territory (with two R's) isn't a state, it's a territory. And my screen name is "Alfadog", thanks.

Originally posted by Alfadog

................. And my screen name is "Alfadog", thanks.

Do you drive an "Alpha"-Romeo?

Acronym Definition

QANTAS Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.

Technically a Acronym is a word formed by the initial letters of a name. If you ask me it's not a word in a true sense.

So I'd say your both right. Datto_240z and Alfa.

However that's according to www.dictionary.com.

It didn't come up as a word so it's anyones guess.

Just trying to clear the air in here.

:tapemouth

I think that you will find in a proper dictionary 'Qantas' is accepted as a real word, not an acronym. That is, it's written as 'Qantas', not 'QANTAS'.

I'm not a fan of www.dictionary.com, it has several discrepancies.

Woo! an English competition!

I'll add my 2¢.

Whether Qantas is QANTAS as an Acronym, or Qantas as a name, as far as I understood it, both Acronyms and Names aren't officially words.

Modern dictionaries even "proper" ones are filled with all kinds of crap, not just words. The latest Collins and I think Oxfords even have common or cultural phrases, tons of acronyms and even names, just because they're in there, doesn't make them a "word" in the sense that I remember from school days at least.