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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:50:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" <piggy AT timesys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: OLOCA: YANALATEYHSMBSI pronounciation
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, La Monte H.P. Yarroll wrote:

> In http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#YANALATEYHSMBSI you wrote:
>
> "Don't try to pronounce it. Just... don't"
>
> Clearly a challenge if ever I heard one.  This is a remarkably simple
> acronym to pronounce:
>
> YANA-LATEY(almost LADY)-HISSEM-BISSEE

Thanks for the suggestion.

Well, let's see how well it bodes with the Cygwin community.  If it gets
accepted, this might go into the OLOCA.  I wish you sent the original to
the Cygwin list, so I could link to it in that case...  Oh, well.

> IANAL, but I play a Linguist on television.

IANALBIPALOT?  Na-ah...
	Igor
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