Re: People who want to rule the world (or at least Usenet)



John Atkinson wrote:
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> "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
>
> > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:14:20 GMT, "*** T. Winter"
> > <***.Winter@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> Donald Knuth (of fame in some circles) still requires the pronunciation
> >> of the 'k' in his name.

At least he got _something_ right.

> > <blink> It would never have occurred to me *not* to
> > pronounce it!
>
> How does he (and you) pronounce the 'th'? (I've never known.)

I've always assumed /knuwT/.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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