Do you really know what an acronym is? Do you know the origin of the term "Catch-22"? If you'd like to find out, or if the English language and its usage fascinates you, check out the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english. This newsgroup is a great resource for writers, people learning the English language, language connoisseurs, English majors, journalists, business people, and folks who just would like to learn more about, or correctly use, the English language. Some recent posts in the alt.usage.english newsgroup have been about: the American use of the word "resume", the difference between "misuse" and "abuse", using "since", words every high school student should know, peculiar pronoun usage, concrete nouns, pronunciation, clich?s, etc. The newsgroup's FAQ on English usage is a detailed list of answers to FAQ, which covers usage disputes, punctuation, word origins, phrase origins, spelling, and more.