On Saturday, October 13, 2001, at 01:22 PM, Robin Turner wrote:
> Sam TH wrote: >> >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 12:05:19PM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: >>> A couple of gee-whiz questions: >>> >>> 1. What is the origin of the name "abiword"? (I keep wondering if >>> it's from >>> the aberrant brain in "The Young Frankenstein": Abby Normal.) >> >> Abi is the root of the spanish word abierto, which means open. > > It's also "big brother" in Turkish ;-) "my father" in hebrew, though that's also tranliterated as avi. ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
