From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:35:25 +0900
From: Kenji Okamoto okamoto@earth.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp
Subject: Original name of sam, alef, acid, acme etc?
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Although it may sound silly, I would like to know what are the origin of
names such as sam, alef, acid, acme, mothra etc...   I know 81/2 is from 
a title of movie.  ^_^

Kenji