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To: Early Out who wrote (1930)8/27/1998 4:36:00 PM
From: TraderGreg  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2229
 
From the French/Latin?, for "small/meaningless amount"?

TG



To: Early Out who wrote (1930)8/28/1998 4:50:00 AM
From: Early Out  Respond to of 2229
 
It could be an old wives tale for all I know, but my understanding is the following:

"trivia" or "trivium" means "three roads" in Latin. Back in the days of old Rome, whenever three roads met at an intersection there would be a board posted that contained notes of information. These notes became known as trivia.

Sounds like a good story anyway!

-jsc


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