Re: Vegetable Gnus (was: Message buffers associated with files?)

["Brent B. Powers" <powers@ml.com>]

Hans de Graaff writes:
 > From: Hans de Graaff <J.J.deGraaff@twi.tudelft.nl>
 > To: ding@ifi.uio.no
 > Subject: Re: Vegetable Gnus (was: Message buffers associated with files?)
 > Date: 26 Sep 1996 13:12:21 +0200
 > 
 > Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:
 > 
 > > > Lars, have you fixed the name yet ?
 > > 
 > > Nope.  "Mango Gnus" seems to be the current favourite, but the capital
 > > "M" looks kinda square, in a way...
 > 
 > I simply don't understand how everybody in this threat seems to miss
 > one important yet simple requirement for the new name. Remember, we
 > had September, the Red, so, obviously, now we have to get something
 > starting with a Q.
 > 
 > A fruit with a Q. Hmm.

Quince?  (If you make jam from a quince, which is somewhat fig-like,
you get something tasting a bit like apple butter... I'm not sure if
you're worse off or better off at that point)

 > 
 > Quassia has a nice ring to it, though not strictly a fruit or
 > something. Quassia Gnus.
 > 
 > Hans