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From: Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
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Bill Findlay <yaldnifw@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> It's (old fashioned) English, meaning "the same (word)".
> It derives from Latin "item".

I really don't think so. For me Idem is a Latin word, but I'm not a
Latin expert...

Pascal.

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