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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!data.ramona.vix.com!nnrp1.crl.com!news.znet.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!disgorge.news.demon.net!demon!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!j-catter.demon.co.uk!j-catter.demon.co.uk!justin From: JustinC <justin@spam-killing.address.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 13:21:26 +0100 Organization: I prefer chaos Distribution: world Message-ID: <YlaD5UAGhpnzEw9z@j-catter.demon.co.uk> References: <337C64F0.41C6@cs.ucc.ie> <5lsbv4$id8@bmtlh10.bnr.ca> <3383FA57.4855@uab.ericsson.se> <EAMxy9.EF4@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> <A01469D243A414B4.60EFD3C313DDF166.4A538EC778681837@library-proxy.airnews.net> <3396D1DD.6495@qanv.pbz> <339c2a14.7756419@news.zippo.com> <339DA050.3506@nowhere.man> Reply-To: JustinC <justin@see-sig.for.address.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: j-catter.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: j-catter.demon.co.uk [158.152.5.52] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 3.03a <lNLPQ0lILXSWljL5G3JuTfnGsb> Lines: 17 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45973 comp.os.linux.misc:179961 comp.os.linux.x:64108 alt.os.linux:22147 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3552 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42772 gnu.misc.discuss:31748 comp.unix.solaris:109333 In article <339DA050.3506@nowhere.man>, Woody <nospam@nowhere.man> writes > >if pronounceability is the defining property of a word then what is >"CTHULHU" ??? > >or maybe "NGNGAWIL" ??? > Why don't you look them up in the dictionary? All words in current usage are listed (though you may need to find an expansive/very up to date dictionary) with information on how to pronounce them. -- justin || Justin C by the sea. || Reply address @j-catter || || faked, please .demon || ||reply to address .co.uk || Improbability factor 1:1. We have normality. || on left