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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Kludge and dictionaries
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Date: Sat, 16-Mar-85 17:34:22 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 16 17:34:22 1985
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Doesn't kluge (I never learned the `d' spelling) come from German
kluge = clever?  That's a kluge way of fixing the bug :-)
(We soften the g because of the spelling, if this etymology is right).
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Martin Taylor
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