On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:21:23 -0400, Andrew Dunbar <
hippietrail@...>
wrote:
> I'm not sure if I or anyone else has referred to this little list yet
> but it's something I compiled a while ago for the Wikipedia article of
> which terms started to appear when on Usenet:
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:CamelCase#Early_Usenet_Sightings>
> Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail)
That's an entertaining "read". I noted "dromedaryCase" in one place!
I fixed a really-munged misspelling of "consonant", near the top.
(Mung: MUNG -- Mung Until No Good -- recursive definition)
Definition, from The Jargon File --- Recursion: See recursion.
That's classic.
(Mung beans can be delicious; alt. spelling is "moong". They also sprout
nicely.)
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