In a message dated 5/27/00 12:47:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Anyway, I think 'Thaxis' is her coinage, and was meant in
those days to appeal to people more inclined to abstract theoretical
discussions. >>
Actualy, you may be right. Ralph and I pushed it, though.
In a message dated 5/26/00 6:02:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< "Thaxis" was neologized by somebody (don't
remember who) involved with what was once called
the marxism-2 list. >>
It was me and Ralph Dumain. --jks
>all of this is getting nowhere. Did someone simply make the word up?
Yep. I think it was Lisa Rogers, a shining character who found absolutely
everything interesting and was instrumental back in '94 and '95 in trying to
restructure Marxism space (back at Virginia U's Spoons list server) to cate
Jim,
"Thaxis" was neologized by somebody (don't
remember who) involved with what was once called
the marxism-2 list. This was the original spinoff, although
perhaps preceded by the OPE list crowd, from the old
marxism list that had everybody and their whole families,
tribes, cliques, and sec
