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Oops...I guess my contemporary English (buttressed by Latin in boarding school and Greek in college) is not much better than my Middle English. I guess my vocabulary's been stunted from all those years of working with six-character field names. -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 4:19 PM To: midrange-l@midrange.com Subject: Re: NBA advertisements: middleware? middenware? From: Reeve Fritchman <reeve@ltl400.com> > Well, I'm a typical American with stunted language skills, so my Flemish (?) > is nonexistent... Midden has been in the English language for 7 hundred years: >From Webster: Main Entry: mid·den Pronunciation: 'mi-d&n Function: noun Etymology: Middle English midding, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse myki dung & Old Norse dyngja manure pile -- more at DUNG Date: 14th century > but I do have a browser, and maybe "middenware" refers to > where the iSeries marketing effort is. > _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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