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From: pauld@stowe.cs.washington.edu (Paul Barton-Davis)
Subject: Re: Re: POSIX bashing (readline bashing)
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.164300.26802@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 91 16:43:00 GMT

expectorant is not derived from "expect", but from "pectoral". the
term refers to a compound which will tend to encourage the departure
of material from the upper chest ("pectoral region"), hence,
ex-pector-ant.

at least, that's one meaning.

-- 
Paul Barton-Davis			<pauld@cs.washington.edu>
UW Computer Science Lab		``to shatter tradition makes us feel free''
