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Subject: Re: Technical terms and rules of thumb
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Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 13:42:09 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 20 13:42:09 1987
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in article <2624@sunybcs.UUCP>, haber@sunybcs.UUCP (Yaacov Haber) says:
> In article <6029@watmath.UUCP> credmond@watmath.UUCP (Chris Redmond) writes:
>>I am hoping to write an article (or something) about the way in which
>>technical terms and 'rules of thumb' from professional, scientific
>>and recreational fields find their way into general speech, and
>>into people's view of the world in general 
> 
> I wonder where the term RULE OF THUM came from?

It probably comes from one of the original rules of thumb: the distance from
the tip of one's thumb to the first knuckle is about an inch.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..."

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