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Subject: Re: Welcome!
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Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 10:39:00 EDT
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	"...However, since amiga is Spanish, and doubtless chosen by the
	manufacturer's marketing dept. to mean "friend"....

I read somewhere that the original name was "AMICA". When Amiga's parents
found that that word was already taken, they changed one of the letters.
I believe that they did not at first make the association with the
Spanish word.

						harold ravlin
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