A good place to look up origins of these kind of words is http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/jargon.html. You will find some detailed information on "foo" "bar" "foobar" and many others. BTW, furchtbar means terrible.
Lee Herbst "Asendorf, John" To: Tek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <JAsendorf@lc cc: ounty.com> Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar? 01/22/2003 09:25 AM That's a very good possibility! Now, uh, for us non-German speakers, what is "furchtbar?" --------------------- John Asendorf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Applications Developer http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! Licking County, Ohio, USA 740-349-3631 Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit > -----Original Message----- > From: Tek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Who is foo & what is bar? > > > Heya ppl > > I can only refer to foobar as the German word 'furchtbar' that sounds > quite similar when spoken, and an untrained tounge might as well say > 'foobar'. > > Just an idea. > > greetz > > Jens Habegger > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php