Re: More stupidities

From: Ruud Harmsen (realemailseesite01_at_rudhar.com)
Date: 09/09/04


Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 10:41:37 +0200

Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:19:57 -0700: Jacques Guy <jguy@alphalink.com.au>:
in sci.lang:

>Let's all spell it "KNIB" and see if we succeed in starting
>a new trend. After all, since English speaker manage to
>pronounce "gaol" as "jail", they shouldn't have any
>trouble adapting to KNIB or MOCKBA, or even ...
>CANKT HETEPCbYPF! (did I spell that right? My eyes go
>all funny looking at it)

No, CANKT HETEPbYPF, without the s. The s comes from German or Dutch,
like the name itself of course.

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