On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 10:18:17AM -0800, Gus Wirth wrote: > At 15:09 12/21/2005 -0800, Stewart Stremler wrote: > >begin quoting DJA as of Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:49:05PM -0800: > >> Michael O'Keefe wrote: > >[Unattributed bits deleted] > >> >It's called a contraction isn't it ? > >> > >> No, it's called a misspelled word. The word you wanted was "Want". > >> > >> "Wan't" would be a contraction of "Wa" and "Not". I'm not aware of any > >> contractions containing "Wa". > > > >Wah wah wah. > > > >So where does the "Wo" come from in "won't"? > > The same place the i comes from in ain't. > > Gus "wawa is a convenience store on the east coast" Wirth
And WOWO is a radio station in the Midwest. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
