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Article #31458Re: Proper pronounciation of 'Kibo'
From: mtp... Michael T Pins
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1992 23:13
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1992 23:13
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rors...@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen) writes: >dsie...@icaen.uiowa.edu (Doug Siebert) writes: ->Just now when I was explaining 'Kibo' to a couple friends of mine, one, a ->self-described "aging hacker", said the pronounciation I was using, with a ->long 'e' sound, was incorrect, and it should be pronounced with a long 'i' ->sound, since 'Kibo' was/is the name for a line of porta-potties. Which ->pronounciation is correct? And if Mr Parry happens to read this article ->(if he doesn't he needs to bitch at the authors of agrep :-) ) maybe he ->could comment on whether his nickname has anything to do with Kibo the ->porta-potty manufacturer... >I have seen Kibo sewing store in the outskirts of this town, so I assume >it's proper to pronounce it in Danish. But how do the Danish pronounce it??? -- ***************************************************************************** * Michael Pins | Internet: ami...@isca.uiowa.edu * * ISCA's Amiga Librarian | #include <std.disclaimer> * *****************************************************************************
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