Love letters

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Postal acronyms

In the days when lovers communicated chiefly by mail, long before the advent of the mobile phone, many a lovestruck young man or woman scrawled a "secret" final message on the envelope before rushing for the post. These fondly remembered one word acronyms date mostly from World War II, when many love affairs were interrupted by the man being called up and sent far from home in the armed services. Some of these coinages are still familiar to many people today.

The challenge is to find out the meaning of the acronyms listed (try not to surf the internet if possible).

BITS         BOLTOP        BURMA       CHINA        CHIP         EGYPT       FISH        HOLLAND        ILYA           ITALY               MALAYA       MEXICO CITY         NORWICH           SAG           SIDCUP               STARDUST          SWALK          WALES

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From The secret life of the English language by Martin H. Manser.