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<DIV>Nitlnakht<BR>Among some circles the custom is to play chess, which sharpens
the intellect <BR>without learning leshem alias nishmas the birthday boy. Nitl
is probably <BR>derived from natale. There is a Yiddish folk etymology that it
is from <BR>nit or nisht as in nishtik!<BR>Shimon Simons</DIV></BODY></HTML>