From 46439007cf417cbd9ac8049bb4122c890097a0fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Charles.Forsyth" Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:52:35 +0000 Subject: 20060303-partial --- lib/ebooks/devils/X.html | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lib/ebooks/devils/X.html (limited to 'lib/ebooks/devils/X.html') diff --git a/lib/ebooks/devils/X.html b/lib/ebooks/devils/X.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..87cefdd5 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/ebooks/devils/X.html @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ + + + + + + +The Devil’s Dictionary: X + + + + +

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X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the +spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language. +X is the sacred symbol of ten dollars, and in such words as Xmas, Xn, etc., +stands for Christ, not, as is popular supposed, because it represents a cross, +but because the corresponding letter in the Greek alphabet is the initial of +his name—Xristos. If it represented a cross it would stand for St. Andrew, who “testified” upon one of +that shape. In the algebra of psychology x stands for Woman’s mind. Words +beginning with X are Grecian and will not be defined in this standard English dictionary.

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