Re: How to Pronounce 'MODEM'

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From: Charles Lasner
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:11

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In article <BruwBn.A13@apollo.hp.com> holbrook@apollo.HP.COM (Alan R. Holbrook) writes:
>
>I worked for one of the largest datacomm manufacurers in the world,
>Racal Milgo (earlier Milgo Electronics and later Racal Datacom) at one
>time, and was assured by people there that it was pronounced [long 'o']
>[short 'e'].  Why?  Because, sonny, all you have to do is look around
>and you'll see we got mo' o' dem den we got anyt'in' else...
>
Reminds me of the story about the Southern Woman who had all those children
named Eenie, Meenie, Miny, and Edgar (Edgar?) (Yes, Edgar! She didn't want
no mo')

cjl

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