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Re: Proper pronounciation of 'Kibo'

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From: mtp... Michael T Pins
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???


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