5.0619 Spooling in Dutch and English (2/46)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 22 Jan 1992 23:21:08 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0619. Wednesday, 22 Jan 1992.

(1) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 92 9:02:30 CST (33 lines)
From: Dennis Baron <baron@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: spool

(2) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 92 3:13:27 EST (13 lines)
From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel)
Subject: Re: 5.0595 Etymology of "SPOOL"

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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 92 9:02:30 CST(3) (1 lines)
From: Dennis Baron <baron@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: spool

I think the case for spool has been clearly established, but
you may be interested in the following gleaned from OED2:

Spool, sense d., is defined as any cylinder on which cord,
wire, tape, etc. is wound. Examples include: 1864, spools
of wire (we call them coils now) for electric induction;
1883, fishing line; 1889, 1936, 1955, spools of film (photog)
1967, 1977, spools of audiotape.

OED2 misses the computer use of spool in both n. and vb.;
perh. it is not used in British computer usage. By the way,
as John Algeo points out, OED2 grandly expands its outlook
including Americanisms, Australianisms, Candianisms, and other
-isms from varieties of World English. But it does
not include Briticisms, assuming them to be unmarked, normal
forms of English whose exclusively British marking does
not need to be recorded.
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 92 3:13:27 EST(4)                           (7 lines)
 
From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel)(5)           (2 lines)
Subject: Re: 5.0595  Etymology of "SPOOL"  (5/131)
 
After  all I just wanted to add that spoel and spoelen are two
dutch words, pronounced in exactly the same way as their english
counterparts; these by the way mean respectively "a wheel" (as
used on old tape recorders) and "to  wind". Does then spool refer
to the fact that onme may have recorded information on  tape for
later use?
 
Michel.

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