LL-L "Names" 2007.10.07 (01) [E/LS]

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From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <ben.j.bloomgren at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2007.10.06 (05) [E]

According to the Wikipedia, the name Google started as a misspelling of
"googol." I assume it was a deliberate misspelling, intended to be
"suggestive,"

But then where does the Googley ball come from in cricket or the guy that's
gone googly-eyed over that hot bird/chick?
Ben

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2007.10.06 (05) [E]

> From:  Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
> Subject: LL-L "Names" 2007.10.06 (04) [E/LS]
>
> Of course, "googol" itself is a made-up word, coined by a child whose
> mathematician uncle asked him what he should call 1 followed by 100
> zeroes.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol

But the question nobody seems to ask is, what did Milton Sirotta _mean_
by it? Was English his first language or does it make some sense in
whatever his first language was? Children do make up nonsense words but
they tend to come from somewhere, often with phonetic alteration.

There used to be a story that the word "quasar" was originated by a
child calling them "cwazy stellar objects", which inspired the more
scientific-looking version of the name. Neither Wikipedia nor a Google
search give any enlightenment on this, however.

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2007.10.06 (04) [E/LS]

Thanks everyone for your googol of information about Google.
About googoo eyes: I've often heard my friend from Sierra Leone (West
Africa) using the word 'Googoo' to warn or scare her 2 yrs old daughter
not to go in a particular place. "No, watch out, don't go there, Googoo is
there." Or "Googoo will take you if you go there." She sometimes uses the
word "Boogieman" as well, but I think not exactly in the same sense.

Arend, ik hadde vrogger een collega die "Kuttschenreuter" hiette, da's
dezölfde name. 't Betiekent gewoon "Koetsenruiter" of "Koetsenrijder"
in 't Duuts, lek mij. Ie begriept wel dat iene mit zo'n name vake vanalles
te heuren kreg.

Ingmar
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