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What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? (www.techspot.com)

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The bottom of the article links to the history (individual features) of other IM programs from that era as well like ICQ and Yahoo Messenger.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"A pidgin /ˈpɪdʒɪn/, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh that's cool. I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Always thought it was a great name choice.