Re: THEORY: Storage Vs. Computation
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 16, 1999, 4:51 |
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Peter Morwood & Diane Duane wrote:
> We have this one too, though it's rare. I heard it in Dublin recently,
> though, which surprised me a little. Possibly a back-formation...?
Probably by association with sit/sat. The first time I'd ever heard it
was in Trainspotting, which made me think it was a Scoticism.
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