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He did, Humayun. If only you had:
<a href="http://www.dailypundit.com/archives/002604.php">Daily Pundit Archives</a> Gracious! I had no idea I was getting plopped down in a dust-up over the provenance of a newborn word. For what it's worth, if my esteemed colleague wishes to be known as its progenitor, I'm more than happy to concede it. Read over my three-year old post and I think it's clear I was just playing around and poking Peter Merholz (a bit) for creating a term, "blog", that I didn't -- and don't -- much care for.
Cases of near-simultaneous invention and inspiration abound throughout history -- just ask Messrs. Zworykin and Farnsworth about where television came from. It's no big deal to me, and I will gladly disclaim any paternity for "blogosphere". Truth be known, I was fonder of "blogmos".
<a href="http://www.bradlands.com/">Brad L. Graham</a>
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on August 21, 2002 at 4:36 PM
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