[talk-au] Hi all ...

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, John Smith wrote:
> > Merkaator is the program the writer was trying to recall.
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> And I thought re-using acronyms were bad.
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No proof for this...
Mercator is the Latin version of the bloke's name. Common for academics then 
to Latinise their names.
He was Flemish. (true)
Merkaator a Flemish (original) version of the name??

Merkator appears in Serbian as a name.

-- 
Q:	How do you shoot a blue elephant?
A:	With a blue-elephant gun.

Q:	How do you shoot a pink elephant?
A:	Twist its trunk until it turns blue, then shoot it with
	a blue-elephant gun.