Interesting info on magic words

[Jeff Pierce Magic]

you might find this interesting.

Jeff

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.p ... e=19991007

[Jonathan Townsend]

I guess that's better than pointing to the online urban dictionary.

Any thoughts on decoding "because"?

[Jacky Kahan]

Doesn't This sound more convincing?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabra

cheers

Jacky
www.magicbooks.be

[Bill Palmer]

Well, that shoots my theory about it referring to a piece of lingerie worn by a corpse all to hell, doesn't it? ;)

[Jonathan Townsend]

The ancient Egyptian practice of putting text on paper and then dissolving the ink off the paper suggests some things about the "word" ;)

[Gord]

Doesn't This sound more convincing?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabra

cheers

Jacky
www.magicbooks.be

Wow, an explanation of an ancient, mystical word mixed with a bit of Pokemon. That is why I hate Wikipedia.

Gord

[Gord]

The ancient Egyptian practice of putting text on paper and then dissolving the ink off the paper suggests some things about the "word" ;)

The phrase "The word has two meanings" pops to mind.

Gord

[Jonathan Townsend]

As long as one of the meanings is good - we're cool.