Wow it turns out the author of the article pulled that factoid along with his next accompanying quote straight Wikipedia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endiannes

Wow it turns out the author of the article pulled that factoid along with his next accompanying quote straight Wikipedia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Etymology And the second half of the article is a Google autocomplete screenshot. The article is complete fluff!