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Article #2544Re: Technical terms and rules of thumb
From: jeff
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1987 18:42
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1987 18:42
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in article <2624@sunybcs.UUCP>, haber@sunybcs.UUCP (Yaacov Haber) says:
> In article <6029@watmath.UUCP> credmond@watmath.UUCP (Chris Redmond) writes:
>>I am hoping to write an article (or something) about the way in which
>>technical terms and 'rules of thumb' from professional, scientific
>>and recreational fields find their way into general speech, and
>>into people's view of the world in general
>
> I wonder where the term RULE OF THUM came from?
It probably comes from one of the original rules of thumb: the distance from
the tip of one's thumb to the first knuckle is about an inch.
--
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!amdahl!rtech!jeff From: jeff@rtech.UUCP Newsgroups: misc.wanted,rec.misc,sci.misc,soc.culture.misc Subject: Re: Technical terms and rules of thumb Message-ID: <719@rtech.UUCP> Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 13:42:09 EST Article-I.D.: rtech.719 Posted: Fri Mar 20 13:42:09 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Mar-87 14:56:09 EST References: <2624@sunybcs.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Relational Technology, Alameda CA Lines: 17