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From: prem@geomag.fsu.edu (Prem Subrahmanyam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What amiga means
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Date: 12 Oct 89 22:41:49 GMT
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    Yes, there really is a word in Spanish "amiga" meaning friend
    of the female gender.  "amigo" means friend of the male gender.
    I say this after having had two semesters of Spanish.  If the
    Amiga was actually named after the Spanish word, then it is a
    friend of the female gender.
    ---Prem Subrahmanyam (for those who are interested, it's Asian
			  Indian, pronounced soo-brah-mon-yum)