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From: locke AT mcs DOT net (Peter Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Data (Was: Re: Proper capitalization of DJGPP)
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:08:26 GMT
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:57:08 -0700, Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
wrote:

>Snarfy AT GoodNet DOT Com wrote:
>
>> From STNG:
>> Obnoxious Crewman> "Data ('day-tuh'), Data ('da-tuh'), whats the difference?"
>> Data> "One is my name."
>> 
>> :)
>
>Which I always thought was ironic, since "day-tuh" is an incorrect
>pronounciation of the word _data_.
Actually, according to Webster's New World Dictionary, both "day-tuh"
and "da-tuh" are correct pronunciations of the word data.

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 for DJGPP, Borland, and Watcom compilers
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