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Etain
An old Irish name, meaning 'shining star.' You cannot find a more accurate definition then that because not all Etains are the same, you could not find a definition here that defines all Etains. Nuff said.
My best friend is called Etain.
Etain by Odd Girl Out September 17, 2012
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ethiopia
Perhaps the oldest independent nation on the planet. Home to an ancient monarchy that desended from the son of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon.Speaking from a native Texans point of view it's one of the most beautiful and the most mysterious place i've ever been to (i've been to the capital Addis Ababa four times). I like it so much i'm purchasing a home there.
etaoin shrdlu
A nonsensical set of letters that would occasionally appear in newspapers, books, etc. (in the days of hard-set type in publishing). Often assumed to be gibberish Latin. A nonsensical phrase.
Linotype machines had these letters in two rows of 6, in their approximate order of frequency in the English language. Supposedly, lino operators would test their machines by running their fingers down the rows, or use the letters to indicate an error in the typesetting, and occasionally would forget to remove the "phrase" from the piece they were typesetting, and was not uncommon to see printed in newspapers of the day. It appeared often enough that it came to the notice of the general populace, and Walt Kelly even named a character in his comic strip "Pogo" Etaoin Shrdlu. It has also appeared- purposefully- in works of fiction and literature.
Linotype machines had these letters in two rows of 6, in their approximate order of frequency in the English language. Supposedly, lino operators would test their machines by running their fingers down the rows, or use the letters to indicate an error in the typesetting, and occasionally would forget to remove the "phrase" from the piece they were typesetting, and was not uncommon to see printed in newspapers of the day. It appeared often enough that it came to the notice of the general populace, and Walt Kelly even named a character in his comic strip "Pogo" Etaoin Shrdlu. It has also appeared- purposefully- in works of fiction and literature.
(as a "practice run") etaoin shrdlu Today the Queen of England....
(as an error demarcation) Today teh QUeen etaolin shrdlu
(as an error demarcation) Today teh QUeen etaolin shrdlu
etaoin shrdlu by SG Fan October 31, 2004