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To: Bill Shepherd who wrote (4574)	4/12/1998 12:30:00 PM
From: Thomas M. Carroll	Respond to of 42834

Bill, If my classical studies do not betray me, I think "enigma" is from a variation of the Greek meaning "to speak in puzzles." I don't think that's a good definition of BB especially over these last few years. He has done anything but "speak in puzzles." Tom C

To: Bill Shepherd who wrote (4574)	4/12/1998 6:04:00 PM
From: wooden ships	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Bill- In re: enigma<> Naturally, I defer to our resident classics' scholar, Mister Thomas Carroll, on this matter of etymology. In the words of Ben Johnson, I am given to "small Latin, and less Greek." That being said, the true "enigma" may reside within the mind of the aforementioned S.F. Bay area caller or, better, he may lay claim to Mrs. Malaprop's comically regarded legacy of verbal misapplication. In any case, following Dean Carroll's skill- ful etymological reduction, it is noted that a subsequent distilla- tion yields the Greek ainos or fable. As an aside, it bears no repetition here that one of the twentieth century's greatest gifts to humanity, Sir Winston Churchill, framed the word, enigma, within a truly remarkable and justly famous sen- tence. To wit, "Russia is a puzzle inside an enigma wrapped in a mystery."