colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (06/13/85)
["In the service of Virman Vundabar we learn perfection!"] > >Note also that to collectively refer to the many VAX computers out there > >a lot of people use the coined term "VAXEN", probably a derivative of > >"vixen" or something. There is probably some language that has contributed > >to English that uses a suffix "en" to denote a plural, and subconscious > >memory supplies the usage. > > VAXen is probably more akin to "oxen" then "vixen", as far as derivation. > The "en" suffix is a German pluralization, which has leaked over into English > in words such as "oxen". The -en of vixen is the -in of modern German: a feminine suffix. "In St. Louie they ruin it, But they think they're doin' it!" -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel