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1. Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Thursday, 07-Jun-2018 08:55:04 UTC Hallå Kitteh

   • Alex Schroeder 🐝
   • steckerhalter
   @steckerhalter @kensanata One originated the thread. I don't see the confusion.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Thursday, 07-Jun-2018 13:25:20 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • Alex Schroeder 🐝
     • steckerhalter
     @steckerhalter @kensanata The common use of OP for Original Poster disagrees with you.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Thursday, 07-Jun-2018 13:32:21 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • Alex Schroeder 🐝
     • steckerhalter
     @kensanata @steckerhalter It's not a Germanism. The word has acquired several meanings over the centuries, and "being the origin of something" is the ... original meaning.
     
     "Original" being a synonym of "novel" I suspect is over a century old, but still far newer than the "being the point of origin", which I suspect is at least as old as Middle English and coming from Old French.
     
     https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/original agrees on the ... origin, but doesn't specify when the other meanings appeared.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Thursday, 07-Jun-2018 13:38:57 UTC Hallå Kitteh

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     • Alex Schroeder 🐝
     • steckerhalter
     @kensanata @steckerhalter Both meanings are used in German, Swedish and English alike.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Thursday, 07-Jun-2018 14:02:40 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • Alex Schroeder 🐝
     • I'M CEREAL U GUISE
     • steckerhalter
     @cereal @kensanata @steckerhalter
     
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