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Subject:But where did the word Spam come from? From:Arthur Comings <atc -at- CORTE-MADERA -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:05:42 PST
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> I think I'd rather starve than eat another piece of spam.
Since we're beating this subject to death, I do have an idle query:
Do you have any idea how they came up with the word Spam?
Specious Ham? Spreadable Ham? Selected Pigfood and Meat?
