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Article #31459Re: Proper pronounciation of 'Kibo'
From: ki... James Kibo Parry
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1992 07:33
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1992 07:33
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In article <1992Dec5.2...@daimi.aau.dk> rors...@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen) writes: > >I have seen Kibo sewing store in the outskirts of this town, so I assume >it's proper to pronounce it in Danish. Note that we're having a sale on Japanese sewing clamps this week, you know, the kind with the spring-loaded adjustable tension jaws with the nasty teeth that really dig into your skin. >On a related note: I can get my Amiga to pronounce my name right if I call >myself Yespah. I usually have to spell it "Kaibo" for speech synthesizers, though some text-to-speech algorithms pronounce that "Kaybo". There's no trusting the silly things. Just be glad your name isn't "Bacon". -- K.
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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,alt.religion.kibology Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!world!kibo From: ki...@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry) Subject: Re: Proper pronounciation of 'Kibo' Message-ID: <BytuCG.1J0@world.std.com> Organization: Two rooms filled with typography, in downtown Boston References: <1992Dec5.073102.16313@icaen.uiowa.edu> <1992Dec5.202727.8449@daimi.aau.dk> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1992 07:33:52 GMT Lines: 19 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit