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Subject: Re: Suggestion for a new can. newsgroup
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Date: Mon, 22-Jun-87 22:51:35 EDT
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In article <4972@utcsri.UUCP> flaps@utcsri.UUCP (Alan J Rosenthal) writes:
>certainly a word must have evolved in france; someone with contacts there who
>read news should ask them.

I would guess they would use "postigne" :-)
The French Ministere de l'Education Nationale has suggested brilliant 
translations like "une spoule" for spool space, "une bogue" for a bug.

Jean-Francois Lamy                      lamy@ai.toronto.edu (CSNet,UUCP,Bitnet)
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