At 03:44 PM 5/6/2002 -0400, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
> > OK, I can't resist any longer... What is the origin of the term "accu"?
>We use in German Akkumulator and abbreviate this with Akku. PowerTrans gives
>as translation of Akku into English only 'battery' but into French it is
>'accumulateur'. Since French and English have so many similar words I was
>convinced that accu is understood w/o problems :-)
I for one have never heard anybody call a battery an "accu" except Marco.
But I don't reall get around that much either...
Maybe we should start calling software "logiciels" or "logis" for short.
-J
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