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From: pete.fenelon@zet... pete.fenelon@zet...
Subject: Original name of sam, alef, acid, acme etc?
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 12:28:09 +0100 (BST)

> 
> 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!

'Cos they're Mosura and Gojira in Japanese :)

8-1/2 is called that as it was Pike's 8 and a halfth windowing system -- it
also happens to be a film by Fellini.

pete
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