Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] C't article

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From: "Mark H. Wood" <mwood@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 08:33:17 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Guy Harris wrote:
[among other things]
> (Does German really use "Bibliothek" for a subroutine library?  The
> "Biblio" part too strongly suggests books to me, so it sounds a bit
> odd to me.)

"Bibliothek" or some similar form means "library" in a number of
languages.  When I see it in German, I usually think, "what's that French
word doing here?"

I'm guessing that you don't notice the similar connection between "liber"
and "book", in "library", because you're accustomed to this use of
"library".  At least, that's the way it seems to work for me.

-- 
Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer   mwood@xxxxxxxxx
Please, no more software products offering a "richer experience"!  I have
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