Gulliver's Travels: Latinate terms for 'Big-endians' and 'Little-endians'?
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Gulliver's Travels: Latinate terms for 'Big-endians' and 'Little-endians'?         


Author: vivian
Date: Dec 28, 2007 10:09

For those who need a memory jog, the micronations of Lilliput and
Blefescu are at war over which end of a boiled egg should be eaten
first.

I'm looking for a somewhat more high falootin term than "Big-endian"
and "Little-endian" and hope there are perhaps equivalent terms in
Latin (perhaps incorporating the word for egg as well?).

It's for an article on political discourse in the current USA
Presidential campaign, if that's any help.

My thanks, as always, for any help or suggestions.

Viv
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Re: Gulliver's Travels: Latinate terms for 'Big-endians' and 'Little-endians'?         


Author: Ed Cryer
Date: Dec 28, 2007 10:47

"vivian" ru.com> wrote in message
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> For those who need a memory jog, the micronations of Lilliput and
> Blefescu are at war over which end of a boiled egg should be eaten
> first.
>
> I'm looking for a somewhat more high falootin term than "Big-endian"
> and "Little-endian" and hope there are perhaps equivalent terms in
> Latin (perhaps incorporating the word for egg as well?).
>
> It's for an article on political discourse in the current USA
> Presidential campaign, if that's any help.
>
> My thanks, as always, for any help or suggestions.
>
> Viv

"Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus"
(Horace)
The mountains are in labour; a little mouse will be born.
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Re: Gulliver's Travels: Latinate terms for 'Big-endians' and 'Little-endians'?         


Author: B. T. Raven
Date: Dec 28, 2007 19:46

vivian wrote:
> For those who need a memory jog, the micronations of Lilliput and
> Blefescu are at war over which end of a boiled egg should be eaten
> first.
>
> I'm looking for a somewhat more high falootin term than "Big-endian"
> and "Little-endian" and hope there are perhaps equivalent terms in
> Latin (perhaps incorporating the word for egg as well?).
>
> It's for an article on political discourse in the current USA
> Presidential campaign, if that's any help.
>
> My thanks, as always, for any help or suggestions.
>
> Viv
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