zip() : how about braid()

[Robin Becker]

In article <397746c9.39446991 at news.iol.ie>, Sean Mc Grath
<sean at digitome.com> writes
>>I think merge makes sense,
>>(and I don't really have a problem with zip()), but the metaphor that
>>most closely resembles what it does is braid(), as in hair..
>>
>Two suggestions:
>       1) raff
>       2) twingle
>
>"raff" is an invented verb form of "raffia", fibers of which are used
>to weave hats, baskets etc. (<nerd>Spot the Monty Python
>connection?</nerd>)
>
>"twingle" just sounds beautiful...
...
this thread is getting silly :) soon someone will mention Hitler :(
-- 
Robin Becker