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Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary


From: Alfred M. Szmidt
Subject: Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:35:52 -0400

   Is there any "old" words that use this too or is this some modern
   "thing"?

ox -> oxen, and since VAX machines are as strong as oxen, we have the
plural VAXen.

And from there it (I assume) got applied to other things that do alot
of work, like emacs (emacsen), and a couple of machines (boxen).

That is atleast how I gather it.





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