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



"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@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

  It's CHRISTmas you jerk, not xmas
stop that insulting nonsense already

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