Re: Orthography Question

Didier Willis scripsit:

>         Computer english "spooler" --> Computer French "spouleur"
>         (but of course no one knows that it derives from "spool",
>         which would be "bobine", "rouleau" or "cannette" in
>         french).
Actually, it is said to derive from the acronym "Simultaneous
Peripheral Output On Line".  Nobody really knows if this is true
or not.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)