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| From | Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Ken Thompson ? |
| Date | 2019-06-15 21:49 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrn3u74qgapus.9cm.ike@iceland.freeshell.org> (permalink) |
| References | <qdton4$5o0$1@dont-email.me> <1bh88rk07e.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net> <qe34g1$mdd$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2019-06-15, David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote: > On 15/06/2019 05:16, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >> Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is Keith Thompson actually Ken Thompson ? Maybe his name is Kenneth ? >> >> I have never come across "Keith" as a nickname for "Kenneth". >> > > Not all nicknames or short forms are logical even to native speakers. > I'm guessing, by his (or her?) name that Mehdi Amini is not a native > English speaker - perhaps it seemed like a logical nickname to him. > > A person might have a full name "Alexander", but be known to some people > as "Alex" and others as "Sandy". Likewise: William vs. Bill, Richard vs. Dick and so on.
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Ken Thompson ? Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 19:35 +0430
Re: Ken Thompson ? luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 08:23 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-13 17:23 +0000
Re: Ken Thompson ? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2019-06-14 21:23 -0600
Re: Ken Thompson ? mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2019-06-13 08:29 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-13 23:56 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 09:49 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? My nuts hurt <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 10:02 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 10:22 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-14 10:07 +0000
Re: Ken Thompson ? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2019-06-14 21:18 -0600
Re: Ken Thompson ? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-06-15 10:52 +0000
Re: Ken Thompson ? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2019-06-15 14:55 -0600
[OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-15 13:41 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-15 08:19 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-15 19:28 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-15 12:37 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-15 21:32 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-15 23:45 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-16 12:26 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-16 14:48 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-17 13:38 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-16 14:23 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-16 14:24 -0700
Ricky, don't lose that number... (Was: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-17 02:14 +0000
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... (Was: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ?) "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-16 23:20 -0700
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-17 13:47 +0000
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-17 15:36 -0700
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-17 23:07 +0000
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-20 01:35 -0700
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-18 14:19 +0000
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-06-18 19:34 +0000
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... Real Troll <Real.Troll@Trolls.com> - 2019-06-18 16:25 -0400
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-18 21:09 +0000
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-06-19 03:51 -0700
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2019-06-19 13:14 +0200
Re: Ricky, don't lose that number... (Was: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ?) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-06-17 02:08 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-16 02:08 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-16 02:20 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-06-17 08:06 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-06-17 22:50 +0200
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-17 14:40 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-17 15:46 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-06-18 06:17 -0700
Re: [OT] Re: Ken Thompson ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-06-20 01:37 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 15:07 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-13 13:20 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 18:49 +0430
Re: Ken Thompson ? Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2019-06-14 18:41 -0700
Re: Ken Thompson ? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2019-06-14 21:16 -0600
Re: Ken Thompson ? Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2019-06-15 19:49 +0430
Re: Ken Thompson ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-06-15 17:56 +0200
Re: Ken Thompson ? Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2019-06-15 21:49 +0000
Re: Ken Thompson ? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2019-06-16 19:22 -0600
Re: Ken Thompson ? Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2019-06-16 23:13 +0430
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