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Hynek Schlawack wrote:

>* Nicholas Van Weerdenburg <> wrote:
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>>For names, addlib is cute, and works on a few levels,
>> From dictionary.com:
>>adlib- "To improvise and deliver extemporaneously".
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>I guess double meanings are very programmer-like so I'd vote for it.
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what is the double meaning on addlib? i'm not a native speaker in english.

emmanuel

On Wednesday 25 August 2004 08:07 am, Emmanuel Touzery wrote:
> Hynek Schlawack wrote:
> >* Nicholas Van Weerdenburg <> wrote:
> >>For names, addlib is cute, and works on a few levels,
> >> From dictionary.com:
> >>adlib- "To improvise and deliver extemporaneously".
> >
> >I guess double meanings are very programmer-like so I'd vote for it.
>
> what is the double meaning on addlib? i'm not a native speaker in english.
>
> emmanuel

Possibly a triple entendre:

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Main Entry: 1ad-lib
Pronunciation: 'ad-'lib
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ad-libbed; ad-lib·bing
Etymology: ad lib
transitive senses : to deliver spontaneously
intransitive senses : to improvise especially lines or a speech
- ad-lib noun

Main Entry: 2ad-lib
Function: adjective
: spoken, composed, or performed without preparation


[2]

Main Entry: ad lib
Function: adverb
Etymology: New Latin ad libitum
1 : in accordance with one's wishes
2 : without restraint or limit


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As in "add library"

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