Re: SpaceShipOne News Coverage just a little rough on the edges

From: dave schneider (d_schneider_at_emulex.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: 5 Oct 2004 10:18:49 -0700

peter@adelphia.net (Peter Stickney) wrote:
[...]
> Actually, the proper pronumciation should be
> "Heel-i-co-petr". That's the way Igor Sikorsky pronounced it, and if
> its good enough for him, it's good enough for me.

And you need the other Igor to write the music for it (Stravinsky)

> 2) Not only aren't you an Entomologist, you're not an Etymologist,
> either.

Yeah, well, just knowing the root doesn't tell you much about current
pronounciation. It *might* tell you about the original
pronounciation, but how many of you can manage Canterbury Tales
without a diction coach?

/dps

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