Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: correct pronunciation of `NeXT'

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From: G.T. Falk
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:36

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In article <BxKIFC.G1A@news.cso.uiuc.edu> patrick@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu
	(Patrick van der Smagt) writes:
>"Insiders pronouce the X of NeXT as a Greek chi, not as an `x', so that NeXT
>rhymes with the word blecchhht. ...

Don Knuth would be proud. :-)

g.

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