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- From: hughes@dogwood.botany.uga.edu (Wayne Hughes)
- Subject: Re: therblig (was Re: zw{i,a}cky matters)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.160656.14910@rigel.econ.uga.edu>
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- Organization: Botany Department - U of Georgia, Athens
- References: <1992Dec31.175416.17006@Csli.Stanford.EDU> <92366.144938SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <C06LMs.BHL@NCoast.ORG>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 16:06:56 GMT
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- In article <C06LMs.BHL@NCoast.ORG> brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown) writes:
- >In article <92366.144938SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- >>
- >>A therblig is a 'Gilbreth' spelt backwards, Gilbreth as in 'John Kenneth'.
- >>It is a unit of task; one therblig is a motion taken in the process of
- >>accomplishing a task. (for instance, picking up a nail is a therblig,
- >>if you're nailing shingles on.)
- >
- >A lovely little definition. But his name is spelled Galbraith.
- >
- >Have you ever played Balderdash?
- >--
-
- Well, 'therblig' is actually a corruption of the original
- "thairblag", from the Celtic. We have people here who
- can confirm this.
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- Wayne
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