Subject: Re: Misc questions
From: Robin Turner (robin@bilkent.edu.tr)
Date: Sat Oct 13 2001 - 15:22:45 CDT
Sam TH wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 12:05:19PM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote:
> > A couple of gee-whiz questions:
> >
> > 1. What is the origin of the name "abiword"? (I keep wondering if it's from
> > the aberrant brain in "The Young Frankenstein": Abby Normal.)
>
> Abi is the root of the spanish word abierto, which means open.
It's also "big brother" in Turkish ;-)
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