Pike's Ghost

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 29 Nov 2011, 16:26 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:26:36 -0800
Subject: (urth) Pike's Ghost
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Gerry Quinn wrote:
> For me, ?prime calculator? is the obvious interpretation ? ?calcula? isn?t
> even a word, really.

Actually, it's the plural of "calculus," meaning "little stone."

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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