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- From: landman@hal.COM (Howard Landman)
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- Subject: Re: Religious bigot ?
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- Date: 21 Nov 92 23:12:22 GMT
- References: <1992Nov15.080923.400@deeptht.armory.com> <1992Nov17.153659.2 <1992Nov20.062708.3878@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov20.062708.3878@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> thester@nyx.cs.du.edu (Uncle Fester) writes:
- >Anyway, if you look in the dictionary (the ones I have, at least) at
- >the entry for the word "quiz", it will say origin unknown.
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- Mine says perhaps suggested by Latin quis (who, which, what) or quid (how, why,
- wherefore). The origin was 18th century England, where many students were
- routinely taught Latin and given tests in it.
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- Further followups belong somewhere else (like sci.lang).
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- Howard A. Landman
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