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Re: Kinbote: camouflage or coincidence?
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In a message dated 06/12/2006 04:29:25 GMT Standard Time, mushtary@YAHOO.COM
writes:
The variant spelling "kinbot" is the perfect anagram of botkin, but the
additional "e" is intended to mislead and adds zest to the whole.
But VN specifically says (as recently quoted in this discussion) that K's
real name is "Botkin or Botkine", whiuch is further confirmation.
Anthony Stadlen
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