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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: A20 #58274 02/22/2002 1:17 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Rubrick addict Rubrick addict Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York I'm guessing that the meaning arises from association with a computer reference - is A20 associated with an error code or something which can be extrapolated to mean a comparison for dissimilar things? Dear Sparteye. Nothing to do with Computer code, I'm afraid. You've actually misread it. It's not A20 but A2O! Shorthand for Apples to Oranges (A-to-O). Best, Rubrick Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A20 Sparteye 02/22/2002 1:00 PM Re: A20 Rubrick 02/22/2002 1:17 PM Re: A20 Sparteye 02/22/2002 1:43 PM Re: A2O Faldage 02/22/2002 2:00 PM Re: A2O maverick 02/22/2002 2:08 PM Re: A2O Faldage 02/22/2002 3:07 PM Re: A2O Rubrick 02/22/2002 2:15 PM Re: A2O of troy 02/22/2002 3:07 PM strictly speaking wofahulicodoc 02/22/2002 3:40 PM Re: A20 AnnaStrophic 02/22/2002 3:25 PM Re: Slashed zeroes Faldage 02/22/2002 4:07 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,540 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,332 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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