Pl*co

[About Dakota]

Call me strange, but I was just wondering why everyone uses pl*co
instead of pleco...

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[Dinky]

"About Dakota" > wrote in message
...
> Call me strange, but I was just wondering why everyone uses pl*co
> instead of pleco...
>

Old superstition. Story goes, if you type the whole word, without munging
it, your pleco will die. For some reason, mine continue to live, and eat me
out of house and home while they're about it.

[RedForeman ©®]

"Dinky" > wrote in message
> Old superstition. Story goes, if you type the whole word, without munging
> it, your pl*co will die. For some reason, mine continue to live, and eat
me
> out of house and home while they're about it.


Dinky!!! you did it!!! hahaha..

[levittd]

"TYNK 7" > wrote in message
> >"About Dakota" > wrote in message
> ...

> >> Call me strange, but I was just wondering why everyone uses pl*co
> >> instead of pleco...
> >>
> >
> >Old superstition. Story goes, if you type the whole word, without munging
> >it, your pleco will die. For some reason, mine continue to live, and eat
me
> >out of house and home while they're about it.
>
> Yeah, same here.
> I could type Pleco all day and they hang their..mocking me with their live
> bodies.
> = )~

The real question is, how did it get started? It certainly can't pre-date
the .aquaria groups. Anybody out there been hanging around here long enough
to have seen, or facilitated, its early usage? I could google "pl*co" but
I'd get about 90 billion hits so there's not much point.
levittd
PS In any case, my plecos live on despite my reckless usage of their name.

[Cam]

> I'd get about 90 billion hits so there's not much point.

Sort by date??

[Dennis Fox]

levittd wrote:
> "TYNK 7" > wrote in message
>
>>>"About Dakota" > wrote in message
...
>>
>
>>>>Call me strange, but I was just wondering why everyone uses pl*co
>>>>instead of pleco...
>>>>
>>>
>>>Old superstition. Story goes, if you type the whole word, without munging
>>>it, your pleco will die. For some reason, mine continue to live, and eat
>>
> me
>
>>>out of house and home while they're about it.
>>
>>Yeah, same here.
>>I could type Pleco all day and they hang their..mocking me with their live
>>bodies.
>>= )~
>
>
> The real question is, how did it get started? It certainly can't pre-date
> the .aquaria groups. Anybody out there been hanging around here long enough
> to have seen, or facilitated, its early usage? I could google "pl*co" but
> I'd get about 90 billion hits so there's not much point.
> levittd
> PS In any case, my plecos live on despite my reckless usage of their name.
>

I googled on "pleco pl*co" and only got 300 hits. One explanation I saw
several times is best told here:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/catfishology/just_say_pleco.htm

HTH,
Dennis

[Evergreen]

Thanks for asking. I was finally getting rather curious about this too.


"About Dakota" > wrote in message
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> Call me strange, but I was just wondering why everyone uses pl*co
> instead of pleco...
>
> AD
>

[Tedd]

thanks, :o)


"Dennis Fox" > wrote in message
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> http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/catfishology/just_say_pleco.htm