RE: RE: NY anchor Bill Beutel retires

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>]

Laurence writes:
> When did "mic" become the abbreviation for "microphone"
> instead of "mike"?
> It seems to violate the rules of English.

<harp sfx> I remember my first time writing "mic."  You never forget
that kind of thing.  It was a sunny Saturday. July, I think.  About 23
years ago.  The tide was coming in and time was running out. She held
that RE-16 like a melting Rocky Road on a sugar come.....<face slap sfx>

Bill O'Neill