Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Paul Eggert
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 00:00

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rosalia@cygnus.co.uk writes:

> In greek acros is the peak, not the beginning,

`akros' can mean peak, but it can also mean ``at the beginning'' or even
``at the end''.  Here are some examples:

akrolithos - statue with with stone (`lithos') head, hands, and feet;
  i.e. ``stones at the ends'' (cf English `acrolith')
akronychos - at sunset; `nyx' means night, so this literally means
  ``beginning of the night'' (cf English `acronical')
akrostichos - a verse (`stichos') in which first or last letters in each line
  spell out something (cf English `acrostic')

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From: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/06/12
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