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Re: Quattro Definition ?????

To: es61@prism.gatech.edu (Eric Schumacher)
Subject: Re: Quattro Definition ?????
From: Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 08:52:08 -0500 (EDT)
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net (Quattro List)
In-Reply-To: <199604181139.HAA23786@acmex.gatech.edu> from "Eric Schumacher" at Apr 18, 96 07:39:44 am
Reply-To: duane@zk3.dec.com
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

Hairy green toads from Mars made Eric Schumacher say:

> Related, but different question.
> 
> What is the origin of "quattro?"  Quatro means four in spanish, but what
> is a spanish origin word doing on a german car??

"QUATTRO" is latin for "four".

The movie "The Name of the Rose" makes good use of this in a puzzle:
"Touch the seventh of four" (the seventh letter of "quattro" is "o")


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