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From: "Chris L. Patterson" <>
Subject: Re: [NZ] Non Gen. Help with grammar I actually meant Obfuscate
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:59:51 +1300
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Yeah I meant OBFUSCATE
Sorry

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Murray Reid" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [NZ] Non Gen. Help with grammar


> 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" <>
> To: <>
> 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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