origins of "kludge"

[Huw Davies]

On 30/03/2005, at 11:57 AM, Tom Jennings wrote:

> I know this could be the start of YET ANOTHER thread "Oh I think
> it's older than that..." but to avoid that, let's raise the
> standard from opinion/hearsay to printed word.

Well kludge has been in common use in Queensland (Australia) since at 
least the early 1900s as the name of an outside toilet. This probably 
pre-dates any computing reference :-)

In Queensland it's pronounced to rhyme with judge,

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