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Re: Trademarks, random strings, sharing, reserved words
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 16:04:40 -0800 (PST)
- From: thomst@netcom.com (Thom Stark)
- Subject: Re: Trademarks, random strings, sharing, reserved words
Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond misspoke:
> You comments about "Pontiac" (a coined word) stand, and I agree with them.
Sorry, but "Pontiac" is the name of a tribe of Native Americans. The
word is *their* name for themselves and is in *their* language.
Evidently Americans aren't the only ones who are capable of parochial
thinking.. ;->
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