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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Re: Re: Need Basque translated
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 19:38:34 EDT
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> I'll have a try at it: what is the meaning of the basque words Euzko iru.
> So I think the solution is either "three in basque country" or .....
> dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland

Thanks to everyone who took an interest in this. Dik--you were almost right.

The Story: In~aki is a Basque who shares my office. He recently had to design
a printed-circuit board, and I told him to put some lettering on it so the
company that made it wouldn't get the artwork reversed. "Euzko iru" was what
he wrote, but he refused to say what it meant. Hence my original posting.

He has since relented, and says that it means "Basque no. 3", because it's
the 3rd pc board he's designed.

Incidentally, for most of his life Inaki's name was officially Ignacio, the
Spanish form of his name; when he was born the Spanish govt's policy was to
suppress Basque culture, and his father, who had tried to give him a Basque
name, had to pay a fine (and was almost jailed). Inaki recently became a US
citizen and took the opportunity to get his name officially changed to his
father's original choice.

	John Purbrick  ....decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-hermes!jpexg