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  2. From: gtf1000@cus.cam.ac.uk (G.T. Falk)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
  4. Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: correct pronunciation of  `NeXT'
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov12.183637.18031@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 12 Nov 92 18:36:37 GMT
  7. References: <BxKIFC.G1A@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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  13. In article <BxKIFC.G1A@news.cso.uiuc.edu> patrick@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu
  14.     (Patrick van der Smagt) writes:
  15. >"Insiders pronouce the X of NeXT as a Greek chi, not as an `x', so that NeXT
  16. >rhymes with the word blecchhht. ...
  17.  
  18. Don Knuth would be proud. :-)
  19.  
  20. g.
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