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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Re: Re: Kludge and dictionaries
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> 	First, let me thank John Purbrick and the others who have responded to
> my query.

You're welcome. I was sorry to hear that "kluge" is "clever" in German; I liked
to think that the word came from the name of a manufacturer of "kludgy"
printing machinery--a "kludgy" derivation. But it's hard to support that with
such an obvious alternative. Traditionally the anomalous spelling with a 'd'
in it has been more common, but perhaps the mass of people now being exposed
to computer jargon will return(?) to the German "kluge".