Is "minime" an American English word?

[Lee Carkenord]

If it is, what does it mean?

Thank you Lee Carkenord

[Martin Ambuhl]

cark...@juno.com (Lee Carkenord) wrote (26 Jun 2003) in
news:4346b55e.03062...@posting.google.com /
alt.english.usage:

> If it is, what does it mean?

If 'minime' is an American English word, it's one that I -- and my
dictionaries -- don't know. It is a word in Italian. There is a
product with the tradename MiniMe, and a character in the Austin Powers
movies is called Mini-Me (= a small version of myself).

--
Martin Ambuhl
Returning soon to the
Fourth Largest City in America

[meirman]

In alt.english.usage on 26 Jun 2003 11:14:36 -0700 cark...@juno.com
(Lee Carkenord) posted:

>If it is, what does it mean?
>
>Thank you Lee Carkenord

It might be used in the phrase "in minime". I think that is the
correct Latin form of the word for that preposition. In such a case
it means "minimum".

I'd appreciate if you would put the topic within the post itself and
not make me read the subject line. It's hard for me to read that way.

s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.

Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 17 years

[Martin Carpenter]

"Lee Carkenord" <cark...@juno.com> wrote:

> If it is, what does it mean?

It's the name of an automatic, long-barreled firearm in some circles. (I
read it just a couple of night's ago in Andy McNab's "Immediate Action"). A
little googling tells me that this is equivalent to the C9 for Canadians,
and the M249 SAW for Americans if that's any help.

Martin.

[John Dean]

Also copious references in McNab's 'Bravo Two Zero' (I was surprised he
never cashed in on that with a 'Bravo Two One'
And if you want to see one -
http://www.10-david.com/downloads_list.asp?draw=detailed&hqtable=Mods

--
John Dean
Oxford
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