On Fri 13 Aug 2021 at 20:21:27 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On 2021-08-13 6:55 p.m., songbird wrote: > > John Hasler wrote: > > ... > >> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the > >> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the > >> bottom. A septic tank, for example. It was common to respond to a > >> particularly asinine article with the one-word followup "plonk". > > > > having been reading usenet since before the great renaming > > it was a term that i haven't used often. > great renaming ? > Usenet is not Usenet anymore ?
Please, STFW. Cheers, David.
