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- From: mambuhl@ripco.com (Martin Ambuhl)
- Subject: Re: ANSI C and POSIX (was
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- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 07:53:51 GMT
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- dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
- in <dewar.828987795@schonberg> writes of Peter Seebach's use of "assumably":
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- >But "assumably" [entertaining portmanteau word :-)]
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- Look up `portmanteau word' in your Fowler quickly. "Assumably" is not
- one. Then look up "assumably" in a good dictionary. While `-s' is
- creative, this is not of his coinage.
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