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The word "computer" was invented by combining the French words "con" and "putain", after Charles Babbage noted a French acquaintance loudly addressing the device as such after using it a short time.

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Date: 2005-10-04 11:56 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] rosefox
*guffaw*

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Date: 2005-10-05 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drzero.livejournal.com
I admire the strength of your logic, and will thus believe you.

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Date: 2005-10-05 01:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] notintheseheels.livejournal.com
Hence they renamed it ordinateur. Sorry I won't be seeing you at Dead and Buried.

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Date: 2005-10-05 03:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strangedave.livejournal.com
It has the ring of truth.

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Date: 2005-10-05 04:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com

Nerve-moi!

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Date: 2005-10-05 08:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lothie.livejournal.com
Will you have my babies?

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