CARROLL%USC-ISIB@sri-unix.UUCP (04/17/84)
The mischievous imp in the Superman comics is MR. MXYZPTLK (pronounced mix-yez-pit-el-ick). The "Z" was left out of the original reference. I believe he was from a "5th-dimensional" world with an equally strange name, and would come into our dimension occasionally to pester Supes. The only way he could be gotten rid of (temporarily) was to trick him into saying his name backwards (kil-tip-zix-em). -------
cramer%ti-csl.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (07/06/84)
From: Nichael Cramer <cramer%ti-csl.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> > >From: "Ronald B. Harvey" <Harvey%pco@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA> >Subject: Excelsior > >Here's what Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable has to say on >the subject: >Excelsior (Lat. higher). Aim at higher things still. It is the motto >of the United States and has been made popular by Longfellow's poem >so named. > I'm glad to see that you're quoting Brewer [everybody should have one]. However, the motto of the USA is [sadly] "In God We Trust". On the other hand, "Excelsior" *is* the motto of the state of New York. So long, and thanks for all the fish, NLC