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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.

On a related note: I can get my Amiga to pronounce my name right if I call
myself Yespah.
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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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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.

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.

In article <BytuC...@world.std.com> ki...@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry) writes:
>
>Just be glad your name isn't "Bacon".
>								-- K.
>

Oh, molluscs! I thought you said bacon.

mdw
stealing quotes shamelessly
-- 
Matt Welsh     m...@tc.cornell.edu     Cornell Theory Center
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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...

cj "you say Kee-bo, and I say KII-bo" l

Chuck Lasner writes:

  +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...
  +
  +cj "you say Kee-bo, and I say KII-bo" l

Hey, STella told me it was "KII-bo," as far as I'm concerned, THAT'S IT.

Terry "How DO you explain 'Kibo' to people?" Chan
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In article <1992Dec6.2...@news.columbia.edu> you write:
>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...
>
>cj "you say Kee-bo, and I say KII-bo" l


Well, according to what I was always told (AFU motto of the [time
unit]), port-a-potties were not called Kibos, they were called KYBOs,
an acronym for:

	K eep
	Y our
	B owels
	O pen


Reminds me of the story (and, of course, possible UL) when I was at
the 1985 BSA National Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, VA., and a friendly
little hurricane stopped by to pay its regards.  Massive winds ripped
through the campsites, blowing over tents and, yes, port-a-potties.
Supposedly, one occupied KYBO even blew over *door-down*.

Blech!

-- Tom

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chr...@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Tom Wilbur) writes:

>Well, according to what I was always told (AFU motto of the [time
>unit]), port-a-potties were not called Kibos, they were called KYBOs,
>an acronym for:

>	K eep
>	Y our
>	B owels
>	O pen


>Reminds me of the story (and, of course, possible UL) when I was at
>the 1985 BSA National Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, VA., and a friendly
>little hurricane stopped by to pay its regards.  Massive winds ripped
>through the campsites, blowing over tents and, yes, port-a-potties.
>Supposedly, one occupied KYBO even blew over *door-down*.

>Blech!

>-- Tom

Hey, don't exaggerate now.  I was at the '85 Jamboree as well.  Bill wasn't a
hurricane at all, just a friendly little tropical storm.  Ripped some grommets
out of our tents before we got them struck, and bent a few poles, but the only
occupied port-a-potty that ended up door-down was the one that we intentionally
turned over. 8)  (At least as far as _I_ know.)

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> the first syllable sounds like "eye" and the second like "bow."  (K-EYE-bow)

No, you're thinking of the Kiai Bow, the Japanese answer to the Flaming
Chi Sword -- it's sort of a class of martial-arts weapons that function
far better than those based strictly on Western physics, but do not work
at all unless you can extend sufficient internal energy into them.

Joe "Followup to alt.martial-arts.whaddya-mean-regular-in-the-decaf-pot?" Chew

[Question about phonetic pronunciation of "Kibo"]

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)

Jesse "Too bad I didn't save any of those original Kibology flyers he was
always leaving around the computer labs" Mundis
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In article <8f6k03M...@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, je...@uts.amdahl.com (Jesse Mundis) writes:
|[Question about phonetic pronunciation of "Kibo"]
|
|I knew him (no. not biblically) back at RPI.

OK, so who IS Kibo?

(Sorry, if it's something that any self-respecting 'netter should know
my two years' experience shows.)

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In article <27...@dog.ee.lbl.gov> TWC...@lbl.gov (Terry Chan) writes:
>
>Terry "How DO you explain 'Kibo' to people?" Chan

What are people?

cjl

je...@uts.amdahl.com (Jesse Mundis) writes:

  +|[Question about phonetic pronunciation of "Kibo"]
  +|
  +|I knew him (no. not biblically) back at RPI.
  +
ft...@litotes.engin.umich.edu (Sergej Roytman) writes:

  +OK, so who IS Kibo?
  +
  +(Sorry, if it's something that any self-respecting 'netter should know
  +my two years' experience shows.)

Two years on the net and you don't know who Kibo is?  Check the
FAK list on alt.religion.kibology.

Terry "Your's for a better USElessNET" Chan
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chr...@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Tom Wilbur) says:
 [..stuff gone...]

>Reminds me of the story (and, of course, possible UL) when I was at
>the 1985 BSA National Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, VA., and a friendly
>little hurricane stopped by to pay its regards.  Massive winds ripped
>through the campsites, blowing over tents and, yes, port-a-potties.
>Supposedly, one occupied KYBO even blew over *door-down*.
>
>Blech!

On  a slightly related note, a ham friend of mine was at a hamfest once with
his HT (handie-talkie for non-hams) clipped on his belt.  He entered the 
KYBO/Kibo just as he started to sit down his HT came off his belt and in it
went.  Not wanting to leave his $300 HT in there he fished it out (blech!),
wiped it off with some toilet paper and left to find some fresh water.  He
figured the HT was already ruined so rinsing it off under water certainly
wouldn't do any more harm.  Surprisingly, the HT worked just fine after he
cleaned and dried it off.  To this day it has the slight odor of disinfectant
from its dip, but no other smell.  Nor has it ever given him any trouble.
Guess it knows what will happen to it if it starts malfunctioning. :-)
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Thank you for finally posting the break down for KYBO because this is the correct way to spell and it was always said as if the “y” is and “I”.