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Subject: [OM] Re: OT Monoploy (was "Misc OM stuff - FREE)
From: "Joel Wilcox" <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 09:14:13 -0500

> Strange word monopoly... MONO = ONE, POLY = MANY... what to make of that?

Can't resist an etymology. The "poly" part is not from Greek "polus" or "many," but a verb meaning "to sell". Means "only one seller".

Joel W.

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