I hope you were rolling your RRRs when you wrote that ;) On 15/03/05 14:12, "Joseph Welling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Second: Macintosh has always been spelled Macintosh. never MacIntosh, >> despite the enormous addiction to oddly capItalzed words prevalent in >> the computing industry at the time. > The Apple Macintosh, that is. > > I was mistakenly following the more traditional Scottish way--where > "Mac" means "son of" and the surname is capitalized. In fact, they > were alphabetized by the surname part and not the "Mac" part. > > I also always thought the apple was named for the colors of the > Macintosh clan--apparently not, or at least not directly. I didn't > realized the guy the apple was named for was McIntosh--though he was > Scottish-American, so it may have been an > > Here's a great page on things Macintosh, Mackintosh, McIntosh and so > on. . . > > http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/20783.html > > Joe > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
