[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Ok I finally have to ask why everyone here uses the term LXen when > referring to their LX in plural.
For what it's worth, this has happened in computer circles as well. There's this classic computer architecture called the VAX, and it's tradition to speak of those machines plurally as VAXen. It is believed to be extrapolated from "ox - oxen", possibly with the word "vixen" adding the extra bit of association needed to make it stick. See <http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/V/VAXen.html>, and note how the usage has begot "box - boxen". Hackers love playing with language. With "LX - LXen", it might be as simple as someone who's into both computers and photography starting to use it, and others liking it and copying the usage. -tih -- Tom Ivar Helbekkmo, Senior System Administrator, EUnet Norway www.eunet.no T: +47-22092958 M: +47-93013940 F: +47-22092901
