before you ask, often you can get it from the context, Lee
"dsi1" > wrote in message ...
> On 7/8/2011 12:26 PM, Dan Abel wrote:
>> In >,
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/8/2011 6:27 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:10:50 -1000, > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My guess is that you
>>>>> won't find that acronym in any dictionary in the world.
>>>>
>>>> Google can usually help... http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/FIL
>>>>
>>>
>>> Bookmarked! I'll never ask whatsa FIL, MIL, SIL, or HIL again. :-)
>>
>> Sometimes you still have to ask about SIL, because it could be "son" or
>> "sister". That makes a big difference.
>>
>
> I'd be afraid to ask. :-)