pedanterrific comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 9 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pedanterrific 05 February 2012 06:19:51AM 3 points [-]

English?

Kennard claimed he learned the name "Ouija" from using the board and that it was an ancient Egyptian word meaning "good luck." When Fuld took over production of the boards, he popularized the more widely accepted etymology, that the name came from a combination of the French and German words for "yes".