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From: "Murray Reid" <>
Subject: Re: [NZ] Non Gen. Help with grammar
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:11:54 +1300
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To Anne and others.

Both OBFUSCATE and OBSFUSCATE were suggested.

My "Collins" has the former, but not the latter.
To obscure or darken, To perplex or bewilder.
>From latin. Fuscare > to blacken. Fuscus > dark

MS Word agrees.

Seems that OBFUSCATE is the winner. only one S.

My guess is that most of us were trying to find a word based on OBSCURE.

Murray

Murray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Picketts" <>
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Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [NZ] Non Gen. Help with grammar


> Shouldn't that be
>
>> Try OBSFUSCATE
>
> obfuscate
>
> - to make obscure or unclear.
>>
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