| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 20, 2000, 4:01 |
Nik Taylor scripsit:> In the same direction is "ekename" --> "nickname"; where "eke" meant > "replacement" or something like that.It meant and still means "augment", as in "eke out a meager living by taking in one another's washing" (Mark Twain). -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin