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From: ralph muha rmuha@min...
Subject: Original name of sam, alef, acid, acme etc?
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 02:11:29 -0400

>Although it may sound silly, I would like to know what are the origin of
>names such as sam, alef, acid, acme, mothra etc...   I know 81/2 is from
>a title of movie.  ^_^

acme is the name of the company that Wily Coyote (the Roadrunner's nemesis)
	buys his equipment from...

mothra: you're japanese and you've never heard of Mothra?  shame on you! :)
	next thing, you'll be telling us you've never heard of Godzilla
	or Rodan either!

r