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Article #31533Re: Proper pronunciation of 'Kibo'
From: ki... James Kibo Parry
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1992 07:45
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1992 07:45
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In article <1992Dec8.004910.14069@unislc.uucp> dw@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright) writes:
>Jesse Mundis (je...@uts.amdahl.com) wrote:
>: I knew him (no. not biblically) back at RPI. Unless its changed, or my
>: brain has taken too many alpha particle hits, the first syllable sounds
>: like "eye" and the second like "bow." (K-EYE-bow)
>
>I'm astonished. I've never thought to pronounce it with anything other
>than a short "i". Maybe the "i" would look long if a Quailesque silent "e"
>was added: "Kiboe".
No, then the Germans would say it with an umlaut. (And the wrong "i",
e.g. as in "Kino".)
>Kibos and Bits
>Kibos and Bits
>I'm gonna get some
>Kibos and Bits
>
> -- Dan Wright
You know, that's the first time I heard that...
TODAY.
-- K.
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