From: tim werner <werner@mc.ab.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 94 10:44:07 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Cypher?????
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>wcs> Cypher gets spelled both ways, but in the cryptography world it's more
>common than cipher, probably.
>
>Hmm.. Perhaps you could point me to a reference, I have NEVER seen it
>(mis)spelled Cypher.

According to the Random House College dictionary, cypher is a usually
British spelling.

But I have been assuming the group name was a take-off on cyberpunks.  No?

tw