Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2008

Lodhi filted:

From the Latin "subcribo, subcripsi, subcriptum, subcriptere", meaning "to put
under a sieve"?...r

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Welcome. BTW, which is often used here for "by the way", you
misspelled "subscribe".

Is "subcription" the opposite of "ascription"?

Isn’t this thread about cryptic stuff on submarines?

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-u-boat.htm

..The cracking of the Enigma Code, known as the "German U-Boat Code",
also finally helped defeat the Germans in WW II…
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