Quoting Adam Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from ml.softs.gtk-gnutella.devel:
:On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 07:05:09AM +0000, Raphael Manfredi wrote:
:> Quoting Emile le Vivre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from ml.softs.gtk-gnutella.devel:
:> :ps.  Servants is spelled with an 'A' not an 'E'.  I'm not sure if
:> :there's some reason for the incorrect spelling.  
:> 
:> "servEnt" is the correct spelling.  It's the contraction of "SERVer"
:> and "cliENT".
:
:No, it's not.
:
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dict servent

It is a coined term.  Of course it is not in the dictionary!  That does
not make it less correct. ;-)

Raphael


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