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Article #1366Re: What song contains the phrase "WYSIWYG"?
From: Howard Stateman
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1989 16:53
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1989 16:53
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eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes: >I'm not dead sure, but I *think* the phrase occurred in a lyric which began >thus: > >If you want it / here it is, come and get it >But you better hurry 'cause it's going fast >Does anyone know more for sure? >[and stuff about it being Beatle-esque by Badfinger and well-engineered] No, WYSIWIG is not in this song, which is the "Theme from the Magic Christian" according to the single I have of it. No wonder it sounds like Beatles, it was the first non-Beatle 45 put out on their Apple (eat your heart out, Scully) label. ...................................................................... . Howard Stateman | I knew French was a language by age 6. . . howeird@hpwrce.HP.COM | At 19 I discovered it was also a tongue. . . hplabs!hpwrce!howeird |............................................. . [Not an HP spokesman] | Anatomically Correct BBS (415) 967-4265 . ......................................................................
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-ses!hpcc01!hpwrce!howeird From: howeird@hpwrce.HP.COM (Howard Stateman) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: What song contains the phrase "WYSIWYG"? Message-ID: <7650016@hpwrce.HP.COM> Date: 27 Dec 89 16:53:01 GMT References: <351@fwi.uva.nl> Organization: Ye Olde Salt Mines Lines: 20