Date:  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 02:00:00 LCL

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: invigilating



> And thanks for the new word, "invigilating" -- no modern dictionary I have

> has it, but OED cites the first instance in 1559!

>                             -- Moonhawk





it's just the british word for "proctoring". (check a british

dictionary--it's still in use!) first time i heard it, i thought it

sounded obscene, but then i thought a bit more about "proctoring"

and...



lynne