• From: Jon.Bosak@E... (Jon Bosak)
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 22:10:08 -0700

[Tim Bray:]

> (why did we lose JAX, I liked it?)

Because we were informed that it means "toilet" in Ireland -- clearly
a variant of "jakes," which is why JAX bothered me for reasons that I
couldn't identify until the Irish usage was pointed out.

Jon


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