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  1. Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!taco!jrjohns
  3. From: jrjohns@eos.ncsu.edu (JOHN RICHARD JOHNS)
  4. Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul21.062032.190@ncsu.edu>
  6. Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
  8. References: <1992Jul20.080858.145@sdg.dra.com> <1992Jul21.045651.8409@unlinfo.unl.edu>
  9. Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 06:20:32 GMT
  10. Lines: 18
  11.  
  12. gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Life...) writes:
  13.  
  14. >I pronounce it "sis-ops", but I don't pronounce modem "mah-deem"
  15. >(modulator-demodulator). :-)
  16.  
  17. Very good.  That's because you can pronounce demodulator "dee-mod-you-late-or" or you
  18. can say "deh-mod-you-late-or."  Other examples?  When you say demonstration, do you say 
  19. "deem-on-stray-shun"?  How about calling a delegation a "Dee-leh-gay-shun"?  The
  20. pronounciation of de- can vary between dee and deh.  System, on the other hand, I have
  21. never heard pronounced "Sigh-stem."
  22.  
  23. - John
  24.  
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  26. ____________________________________________________________________
  27. |  No New Tiny Toons Episodes in 1993?!  | The Original UnOriginal |
  28. | "You know whut?  That makes me...mad!" |     John R. Johns II    |
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