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#! rnews 2161 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!psgrain!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!news-stk-3.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!199.60.229.3!newsfeed.direct.ca!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!venus.sun.com!uk-usenet.uk.sun.com!usenet From: Tony Walton <tony.walton@UK.Sun.COM.PLEASE.REMOVE.THIS.TO.REPLY> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 10:52:18 +0100 Organization: SunService UK Lines: 18 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <33A11852.6FE3@UK.Sun.COM.PLEASE.REMOVE.THIS.TO.REPLY> References: <337C64F0.41C6@cs.ucc.ie> <5lsbv4$id8@bmtlh10.bnr.ca> <3383FA57.4855@uab.ericsson.se> <EAMxy9.EF4@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> <A01469D243A414B4.60EFD3C313DDF166.4A538EC778681837@library-proxy.airnews.net> <3396D1DD.6495@qanv.pbz> <3398849a.13740572@news.dircon.co.uk> <339CA4A4.2A1A9E65@ripco.com> <r7vi3kk68t.fsf@masala.cygnus.co.uk> <5nnlvs$lc1$2@mark.ucdavis.edu> <r7pvtrjxzj.fsf@masala.cygnus.co.uk> <5nqad0$13$1@shade.twinsun.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: demented.uk.sun.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:46041 comp.os.linux.misc:180245 comp.os.linux.x:64212 alt.os.linux:22195 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3560 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42845 gnu.misc.discuss:31773 comp.unix.solaris:109466 Paul Eggert wrote: > > rosalia@cygnus.co.uk writes: > > > In greek acros is the peak, not the beginning, > > `akros' can mean peak, but it can also mean ``at the beginning'' or even > ``at the end''. Here are some examples: > > akrolithos - statue with with stone (`lithos') head, hands, and feet; > i.e. ``stones at the ends'' (cf English `acrolith') cf "acromegaly" - gigantism caused by excessive growth hormone production in childhood. The condition is characterised by large feet, hands and head. -- Tony