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From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Subject: Re: JAVA
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hans boelens wrote:

> What is the exact connection between 'java' and coffee in the english
> language (or american ??).

Very simply: coffee beans are grown in Java (an island within the
country of Indonesia), and "java" is often used by synechdoche
for any coffee whatever.  Programmers, as is well known, drink
lots of coffee to help stay awake while completing long assignments.

-- 
John Cowan						cowan@ccil.org
			e'osai ko sarji la lojban
