# Word play

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-play/419738>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 19, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-play/419738 "2007-09-19T13:29:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-play/419738/21 "2007-09-20T14:22:39Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Well, you could also argue that one who adds numbers together is a summer.  
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ISTR from a long-ago episode of _Jeopardy!_ that the proper term is “computer.” But that’s really “a person who computes math equations.”

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