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From: biyani@unc.UUCP (Vikram Biyani)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: the programmer title
Message-ID: <972@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 12:01:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 12:01:00 1986
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References: <975@wdl1.UUCP> <650@moscom.UUCP>
Reply-To: biyani@unc.UUCP (Vikram Biyani)
Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Summary: princiPLE vs. princiPAL

Sender:biyani@unc (Vikram Biyani) 
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In article <650@moscom.UUCP> noemi@moscom.UUCP (Noemi Berry) writes:
>>     I myself have a business card that says ``Principal Software Engineer.''
>>						^^^^^^^^^
>>					John Nagle
>
>	Is that "princiPLE" as in "chief" or "head" Software Engineer?

I have never come across these connotations of the word "princiPLE".
Here seems to be evidence that the English language is alive and
growing! :-) 


>
>	... or "princiPAL", as in the head of a school, (say, COMPUTER
>	TRAINING INSTITUTE)?? 	:-)	:-)	:-)	:-)
>
>
>							noemi
>-----------------
>Noemi Berry

Vikram Biyani.