ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli) (04/19/85)
The relation between "kludge" and "kluge" seems a bit dubious to me. First, realize that "kluge" is properly "klug" with the "e" only an adjective ending. Second, the "g" in "klug" is a hard one (as in "Kruggerand"). Since "kludge" was probably passed word of mouth instead of in writing, the connection appears pretty fanciful to me.