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From: don@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Donald R Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What's ST mean?
Message-ID: <4611@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 9 Oct 89 17:06:04 GMT
References: <1111@nigel.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: don@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Donald R Lloyd)
Organization: University of Delaware
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In article <1111@nigel.udel.EDU> C503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Baird McIntosh) writes:
>As for 'amiga', I believe it is Spanish for 'friend' and more specifically
>it is a 'female friend'.  'Amigo' is a 'male friend'.  While we're at it,
>'Diga' means 'speak'.
>
>This concludes today's computer names/Spanish language lesson.  :-)
>
> # Baird McIntosh  "...Why do people choose to live their lives...this way?"  #
> # INTERNET: c503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu <-or-> BITNET: c503719@umcvmb.bitnet #

    Well, yes, you're right about the spanish... but I think in this case the
word 'amiga' is probably italian, since Amiga was an italian company (I think).
I'm pretty sure the word exists in both languages, since they're fairly similar
to each other.


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