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Aphonlab.447 net.games.pacman utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!sdcarl!sdcattb!sdcatta!phonlab!donn Fri Mar 26 15:22:20 1982 PacMan name query A frustrated friend of mine who is a fellow linguistics major has come to me with an interesting question which I couldn't answer, so I have volunteered to submit it to the net. The question is, what is the etymology of "PacMan"? This may be so obvious that everyone but me (and my friend) has figured it out but I would appreciate it if a NetPerson could enlighten me... In particular, what does "Pac" stand for? Thanx, Donn Seeley ucbvax!sdcsvax!phonlab!donn

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