Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!horton From: horton@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: origin of 'kludge' wanted - (nf) Message-ID: <2457@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 22:27:42 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.2457 Posted: Mon Jul 18 22:27:42 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jul-83 17:24:33 EDT Lines: 16 #R:varian:-16400:uiucdcs:19000019:000:359 uiucdcs!horton Jul 18 18:08:00 1983 About the origins of kludge/kluge, you might check Websters Ninth Collegiate Dictionary (just out). It has 2 new features over the older editions. 1) entries are tagged with the date of first use (much like the OED) 2) There is an offer to answer questions of meaning/etymology if you send a SASE to the company. kurt horton pur-ee!uiucdcs!horton