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From: hav@dual.UUCP (Helen Anne Vigneau)
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Subject: Re: Re: Kludge and dictionaries
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=>            I was sorry to hear that "kluge" is "clever" in German; I liked
=> to think that the word came from the name of a manufacturer of "kludgy"
=> printing machinery--a "kludgy" derivation. But it's hard to support that with
=> such an obvious alternative. Traditionally the anomalous spelling with a 'd'
=> in it has been more common, but perhaps the mass of people now being exposed
=> to computer jargon will return(?) to the German "kluge".

=> John Purbrick

A few things here.  First, in answer to *everybody's* question, I've seen
both spellings:  kluge and kludge.  I found in *Jargon* that they attribute
the etymology to German.  HOWEVER, the German word (which indeed does mean
clever) is spelled klug and pronounced kloog (i.e., soft (?) G as in gag).
As in, you know, gag me with all this cleverness.  :-)

Wisdom for the greater good . . .

Helen Anne

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