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From: halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: etymology requested
Message-ID: <578@houxz.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 10-Nov-83 15:16:27 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 10 15:16:27 1983
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Point maybe comes from the first number after the decimal point, but then
again a point is a hundreth of a caret.  A point is also an eleventh of a
heraldic shield.

Re:canard.  Quoting from Websters New Collegiate:
[F,lit.,duck,fr.MF "vendre des canards a moitie" to cheat,lit.,to half-sell
ducks] : a false or unfounded report or story; esp: a fabricated report