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  4. From: barth@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards)
  5. Subject: Re: Twatology (was Andy the Canadian twat)
  6. Organization: AT&T
  7. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:56:42 GMT
  8. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.205642.24996@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
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  12. In article <1992Dec21.155859.23475@midway.uchicago.edu>
  13. thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
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  15. >Perhaps I'm just falling for the bait here, but I don't believe the two words
  16. >to be related.  "Twit" comes from the Old English "witan," meaning "to
  17. >reproach,"
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  19. That's *aetwitan*, you twit!
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  23. 88  Barth Richards                  "Language is a virus from outer space."  88
  24. 88  att!ihlpf!barth                           - William S. Burroughs         88
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