# What does ETA stand for?

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for/636719/41 "2012-10-08T22:04:46Z")

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> [@Giraffe](#):
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> Some of us are trying to be considerate of the future historians who will end up going back and analyzing every single word we’ve ever written in order to figure out precisely when we went crazy.

Also handy will be the stenographer’s notes of every word that comes out of the mouths of people who actually say “strike that” when they want to correct something they’ve said in ordinary day-to-day conversation.

Because obviously that’s what’s going on.

🙂

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