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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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