mm@vaxine.UUCP (Mark Mudgett) (06/10/85)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > mm@vaxine.UUCP (Mark Mudgett) >> zben@umd5.UUCP (Ben Cranston) >> 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 ploural, and subconscious >> memory supplies the usage. In any case, we say "on vaxen" rather than >> "on THE vaxen". > "Vaxen" is a plural noun, not a collective noun. I apologize for that. I should have said that "Vaxen" is used as a plural at our site. Here we say "The Vaxen." For instance, "The command now exists on all the Vaxen." This is the local usage; apparently the usage is different elsewhere. I would like to know where the word "Vaxen" originated. If you think you know, please send me e-mail. Let me know where and when you first heard or saw it. I will post the earliest occurence. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _TT /| |~ Mark C. Mudgett >====+++===< | O| |~ ??...!decvax!encore!vaxine!mm {_|||_} \| O| 617-667-7900x2394 ------------------------------------------------------------------------