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In article <1992Dec5.0...@icaen.uiowa.edu> 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...

one.    There are no porta-potties named "Kibo".  There's a "y" in them.

two.    You're allowed to pronounce it however you want, BUT PLEASE TELL 
        YOUR FRIEND I AM NOT NAMED AFTER A TOILET, ok?  (I'm also not
        named after the second-highest peak of Kilimanjaro, I'm not
        an acronym, I'm not named after a CMU dorm, and I'm not the
        middle of a pair of skiboots.)

three.  I pronounce it the way he does, but most people say it one of
        the other two ways.

This is all explained in the alt.religion.kibology FAQ, Fourth Edition.

								-- K.