David F. Darby wrote:
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> On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 13:28:47 -0500 Geoff Love <engconn@infi.net> writes:
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> >> But seriously, now, folks, what is the meaning of the name "Magnette?"
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> >No, no, Ray, you have a bunch of magnets, not magnettes. The word
> >magnette is surely the French version of the word, magnet, as the word
> >Concorde is the French version of the word Concord. (Of course, the
> >French people would say it is all the other way round, however...) Why
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> >Geoff Love, Le Connection Anglais.
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> Those French. They have a different word for everything!
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> David F. Darby
> Aux arcs, Missouri USA
Bien sur!
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