23 Aug
2004
23 Aug
'04
9:57 p.m.
On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 22:46, Tony Duell wrote:
I've just checked the Shorter Oxford Dictionary
(this is a 2-volume
English dictionary, mine is somewhat old). It doesn't contain Computor or
Weldor at all. A 'Welder' is one who welds, a Computer is a person who
calculates.
I always thought it came about with the arrival of the comptometer - a
computer being the person who operates the device. I've never come
across computor before, but as Tony says maybe it was different on the
other side of the pond...
cheers
Jules