From: utzoo!dciem!mmt
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: Words fraught with meaning
Article-I.D.: dciem.207
Posted: Tue Mar  8 15:48:46 1983
Received: Tue Mar  8 18:43:00 1983
References: mitccc.412

I think "Crown Prince Burton, Member of the Usenet Ilk" is almost
correct in his use of "Ilk". I believe it originally meant "clan",
as in "The MacGregor of that Ilk", which refers to the chief of the
clan MacGregor. Other uses are by extension, and I don't think
the word has a bad connotation overall (though to some people, it may).
		Martin Taylor
PS If I were less lazy, I'd look it up in the OED, but you can do
that for yourselves if you want.