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From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject Re: GNU
Date 31 Mar 2026 22:04:21 GMT
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:43:47 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 31/03/2026 13:08, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> 
>> I do the US pronunciation.
> Italian, Spainish and American are all the same, Britain is the
> exception - is very 'Dutchified' and is how Germans pronounce it

How do you pronounce 'Adidas', the shoe company? The US pronunciation is 
Ah-dee-does. It's a German company started by Adolf (Adi) Dassler so a 
German might be puzzled by what an American was talking about.

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