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Message #02391



To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Wouter Brok w.j.m.brok@stud.tue.nl
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 12:52:22 +0200
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Genomes ???


Hello,

True,
actually I think most slavic languages have a similar word. I studied a
course of russian and the verb for working (tranliterated) is: robotat.

Wouter Brok


>Hello people,
>I read yesterday my last week mail and the debate about genomes
>seemed interresting.
>Just a little remark:
>Do you know that the word 'ROBOT' comes from?
>Yes you guessed it right - from Czech (btw it means something
>like 'worker').
>
>That's all folks!
>Jaroslav
>
>



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