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STILL MORE ON 'ABER NIT'

Martin Purdy of New Zealand submitted this note on the question about 'Aber Nit' on Bryan Money. -Editor

Last week Giordano Sereno wrote:

I couldn't find this expression. But "Aber Initio" in Latin means "Since the beginning". Is it possible that correct expression was "Aber Initio"?

This is actually "ab initio" rather than "aber initio". It might do on a mis-hearing but is unlikely.

Did you or anyone else check this reference in the process:
http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n22a12.html

Sorry if it's already been mentioned but I thought I'd raise it since it just popped up with a Google search now. I suspect "Not In Trust" is fanciful, and still just means "not" even without the word "aber" on the example illustrated in the 2012 item.

I read somewhere that any etymology that claims to be based on an acronym prior to 1900 is almost certainly a later concoction, and most likely wrong.

I just knew we'd discussed the topic once before, but I came up empty in my search of the E-Sylum archive, probably because I was looking for "Aber Nit", not just "Nit". But I think the explanation we came up with last week (from Mencken's book The American Language) is as good as it's going to get. Thanks, everyone! -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
ANSWER: WHAT DOES N.I.T. ON BRYAN MONEY STAND FOR? (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n22a12.html)
QUERY: BRYAN MONEY "ABER NIT" INSCRIPTION (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n23a28.html)
MORE ON 'ABER NIT' (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n24a11.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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