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		aclimatt on Jan 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The lost letters of the English alphabet I really wanted to believe that was Etsy's etymology, but alas it is not: http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/04/22/website.name.origins.mf... (Not sure if that's what you were implying, clever idea though.)

scholia on Jan 16, 2017 | [–]

I wish that page had mentioned that Bing is derived from "Bing is not Google" ... even if it isn't true ;-)

adzm on Jan 16, 2017 | [–]

Thanks for finding an actual source on this!

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