[tor-talk] All I Want For X-mas: TorPhone

m mgwill at gmail.com
Fri Dec 26 08:37:06 UTC 2014


"Early use of "Xmas" includes Bernard Ward's /History of St. Edmund's 
college, Old Hall/"

adopt an anti-Christ Jews' traditional reference to Christmas? no, bad idea.

just spell it correctly, or don't use it at all, if you don't mind.
On 12/26/2014 03:32 AM, Virgil Griffith wrote:
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas#>
>
> -V
>
> On Friday, December 26, 2014, m <mgwill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd hope so, in which case I'd retract the admonishment. but, who speaks
>> greek these days, and why would you, when it's only 5 more letters...
>>
>>
>> On 12/26/2014 03:19 AM, Virgil Griffith wrote:
>>
>>> The X in Xmas derives from the Greek letter Chi, which stands for Christ.
>>> This usage dates back at least to the Middle Ages.
>>>
>>> -V
>>>
>>> On Friday, December 26, 2014, m <mgwill at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   It's CHRISTmas you jerk, not xmas
>>>> stop that insulting nonsense already
>>>>
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