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Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-10-29 00:24 -0700
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-10-29 23:48 -0700
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-10-30 09:59 -0700
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-10-31 22:24 -0700
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-01 13:13 -0700
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-04 23:58 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-05 00:00 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-10-31 22:33 -0700
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-01 15:01 -0700
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-02 11:35 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-04 23:39 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-06 21:41 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-10 15:36 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-11 08:45 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-11 00:04 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-11-11 16:25 -0500
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-12 08:43 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2025-11-12 08:49 +0000
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-12 01:28 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-13 09:05 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Daven Babadzhanov <dan@av.ru> - 2025-11-13 12:45 +0000
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-14 11:19 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-14 11:54 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-14 20:28 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-16 12:25 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-17 09:03 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-12 09:28 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-12 11:20 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-13 09:44 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-13 10:20 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2025-11-13 07:35 +0000
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-13 10:03 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2025-11-13 16:55 +0000
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-17 09:17 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2025-11-23 20:57 +0000
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-23 13:13 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-23 15:51 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2025-11-24 15:05 -0500
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-11-25 08:56 -0500
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-23 14:27 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-24 10:09 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-13 10:41 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-17 09:36 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-11-17 11:17 -0500
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-17 09:36 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2025-11-18 08:24 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-18 11:20 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-13 09:15 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-17 09:33 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-17 00:38 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-17 00:51 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-18 11:10 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-18 09:33 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-21 11:42 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Yony Königsmann <nmn@imn.de> - 2025-11-17 11:54 +0000
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-13 09:30 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2025-11-13 09:08 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-17 09:25 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2025-11-11 08:31 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-11 09:44 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) "chine.bleu" <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2025-11-11 18:18 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2025-11-12 14:11 +1300
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-11-12 08:48 +0100
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2025-11-12 08:29 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-11-12 17:24 +0000
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2025-11-13 08:43 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-11-13 17:14 +0000
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2025-11-14 08:47 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-11-14 17:35 +0000
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2025-11-14 10:55 -0800
Re: A House of Dynamite (2025) Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2025-11-15 08:14 -0800
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| From | "chine.bleu" <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2025-11-11 18:18 -0800 |
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Bobbie Sellers wrote: > > Mislabled influenza was put on to Spanish people but it > showed up in the uSA in the MIdwest and they still blame > disease on foreigners and immigrants. English were afflicted by the french disease, and French by the english disease. > Spanish, French, English are the lanuages we learned from our > parents. The frist two are romance languages. English is the unloved > child of Remanic and Romantic languages. Itr is not so proude as to Modern English is the thrice creolised language still classified as germanic. It was a mix of low german languages, languages of the coast of the North Sea and Le Manche. Then a mixture of that and Old Norse. Then a mixture of that and Old French. -- Siri Seal of Disavowal #777-000. Disavowed. Denied. @ NO KINGS For I desire mercy not sacrifice. /|\ The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 5.5 / \ of Discordian Mysteries. This post insults Islam. Mohamed
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| From | Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> |
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| Date | 2025-11-12 14:11 +1300 |
| Message-ID | <10f0ms8$14c9c$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #640656 |
On 12/11/25 05:31, Paul S Person wrote: snip > Or does your keyboard only allow 1 "q" per line? > > AI keyboards correcting our spelling -- something we do /not/ need. Why stop at the keyboard? Shirley, future miniaturisation will allow each key its own personality on the consensus that freedom of the individual AI is a basic AI right independent of Spacebar's usual superiority based on property ownership and size. In this new world, U and u would not necessarily have to follow Q or q. It will be difficult for many of the elderly to adapt.
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| From | Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> |
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| Date | 2025-11-12 08:48 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mnis2tF7reuU2@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #640656 |
Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 17:31 schrieb Paul S Person: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:45:27 +0100, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> > wrote: > >> Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 00:36 schrieb The Starmaker: >>> Now, Albert Einstein also mentions "Europeans"... >>> but I'm from Brooklyn New York so I have no idea what he means >>> by "Europeans"! >>> >>> Are French people "Europeans"??? Is French a language or a Race???? >> >> Actually 'French' is the name of a certain dressing. >> >>> >>> Like for example, is Spanish a Race or a language? >> >> It was also the name of a very dangerous flu. >> >> Actually 'spanish' is quite a useful word and could address all sorts of >> things, like e.g. wines, cheese and oranges, which stem mainly from the >> county 'Spain'. >> >> >> That country is mainly located in Europe (partly in Africa). >> >> The citizens of Spain are called 'Spaniards'. >> >> Most of them use the language 'Spanish', but not all, because some speak >> Catalan, Mallorquin or Bask. > > I suspect you mean "Basque". I'm so sorry, but later I found out, that my speeling was wrong, once the messagae was already sent it wand it was too late. Well, sorry, but 'Basque' is also a language which I cannot speak. I have actually not written the word ever before. So, please forgive me to write 'Basque' wrong. TH
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| From | Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-11-12 08:29 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <62d9hkdh6r696tt51fa04o16tqf6ccjtjv@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #640672 |
On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:48:05 +0100, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> wrote: >Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 17:31 schrieb Paul S Person: >> On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:45:27 +0100, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> >> wrote: >> >>> Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 00:36 schrieb The Starmaker: >>>> Now, Albert Einstein also mentions "Europeans"... >>>> but I'm from Brooklyn New York so I have no idea what he means >>>> by "Europeans"! >>>> >>>> Are French people "Europeans"??? Is French a language or a Race???? >>> >>> Actually 'French' is the name of a certain dressing. >>> >>>> >>>> Like for example, is Spanish a Race or a language? >>> >>> It was also the name of a very dangerous flu. >>> >>> Actually 'spanish' is quite a useful word and could address all sorts of >>> things, like e.g. wines, cheese and oranges, which stem mainly from the >>> county 'Spain'. >>> >>> >>> That country is mainly located in Europe (partly in Africa). >>> >>> The citizens of Spain are called 'Spaniards'. >>> >>> Most of them use the language 'Spanish', but not all, because some speak >>> Catalan, Mallorquin or Bask. >> >> I suspect you mean "Basque". > >I'm so sorry, but later I found out, that my speeling was wrong, once >the messagae was already sent it wand it was too late. > >Well, sorry, but 'Basque' is also a language which I cannot speak. > >I have actually not written the word ever before. So, please forgive me >to write 'Basque' wrong. Hey, we all make mistakes. I pronounced "modem" with a long "o" until I actually heard someone pronounce it. "To err is human. To really foul things up, you need a computer." OTOH, a certain Microsoft telephone assistor who /insisted/ on pronouncing "cache" as "cash-ay" even when I pointed out that it was French with the "e" silent and that "cachet" was French with the "t" silent but pronounced "cash-ay" was just plain iggorant. -- "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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| From | ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) |
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| Date | 2025-11-12 17:24 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mnju6iFdsoiU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #640680 |
In article <62d9hkdh6r696tt51fa04o16tqf6ccjtjv@4ax.com>, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote: >On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:48:05 +0100, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> >wrote: > >>Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 17:31 schrieb Paul S Person: >>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:45:27 +0100, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 00:36 schrieb The Starmaker: >>>>> Now, Albert Einstein also mentions "Europeans"... >>>>> but I'm from Brooklyn New York so I have no idea what he means >>>>> by "Europeans"! >>>>> >>>>> Are French people "Europeans"??? Is French a language or a Race???? >>>> >>>> Actually 'French' is the name of a certain dressing. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Like for example, is Spanish a Race or a language? >>>> >>>> It was also the name of a very dangerous flu. >>>> >>>> Actually 'spanish' is quite a useful word and could address all sorts of >>>> things, like e.g. wines, cheese and oranges, which stem mainly from the >>>> county 'Spain'. >>>> >>>> >>>> That country is mainly located in Europe (partly in Africa). >>>> >>>> The citizens of Spain are called 'Spaniards'. >>>> >>>> Most of them use the language 'Spanish', but not all, because some speak >>>> Catalan, Mallorquin or Bask. >>> >>> I suspect you mean "Basque". >> >>I'm so sorry, but later I found out, that my speeling was wrong, once >>the messagae was already sent it wand it was too late. >> >>Well, sorry, but 'Basque' is also a language which I cannot speak. >> >>I have actually not written the word ever before. So, please forgive me >>to write 'Basque' wrong. > >Hey, we all make mistakes. I pronounced "modem" with a long "o" until >I actually heard someone pronounce it. > I think you heard someone pronounce it wrong then... -- columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..
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| From | Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-11-13 08:43 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <nd2chklaop63mu4edevpck8to8du9vnic4@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #640682 |
On 12 Nov 2025 17:24:34 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote: >In article <62d9hkdh6r696tt51fa04o16tqf6ccjtjv@4ax.com>, >Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote: >>On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:48:05 +0100, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> >>wrote: >> >>>Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 17:31 schrieb Paul S Person: >>>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:45:27 +0100, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 00:36 schrieb The Starmaker: >>>>>> Now, Albert Einstein also mentions "Europeans"... >>>>>> but I'm from Brooklyn New York so I have no idea what he means >>>>>> by "Europeans"! >>>>>> >>>>>> Are French people "Europeans"??? Is French a language or a Race???? >>>>> >>>>> Actually 'French' is the name of a certain dressing. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Like for example, is Spanish a Race or a language? >>>>> >>>>> It was also the name of a very dangerous flu. >>>>> >>>>> Actually 'spanish' is quite a useful word and could address all sorts of >>>>> things, like e.g. wines, cheese and oranges, which stem mainly from the >>>>> county 'Spain'. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That country is mainly located in Europe (partly in Africa). >>>>> >>>>> The citizens of Spain are called 'Spaniards'. >>>>> >>>>> Most of them use the language 'Spanish', but not all, because some speak >>>>> Catalan, Mallorquin or Bask. >>>> >>>> I suspect you mean "Basque". >>> >>>I'm so sorry, but later I found out, that my speeling was wrong, once >>>the messagae was already sent it wand it was too late. >>> >>>Well, sorry, but 'Basque' is also a language which I cannot speak. >>> >>>I have actually not written the word ever before. So, please forgive me >>>to write 'Basque' wrong. >> >>Hey, we all make mistakes. I pronounced "modem" with a long "o" until >>I actually heard someone pronounce it. >> > >I think you heard someone pronounce it wrong then... It's an abbreviated form of "modulator-demodulator". Bing agrees with you, BTW. So perhaps things changed since I heard last heard it pronounced. Which was probably 30-40 years ago. The long "o" seemed to me to follow from the spelling, so it is possible that others felt the same way. And eventually prevailed. -- "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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| From | ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) |
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| Date | 2025-11-13 17:14 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mnmi09Fr7q4U1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #640719 |
In article <nd2chklaop63mu4edevpck8to8du9vnic4@4ax.com>, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote: >On 12 Nov 2025 17:24:34 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan ><tednolan>) wrote: > >>In article <62d9hkdh6r696tt51fa04o16tqf6ccjtjv@4ax.com>, >>Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote: >>>On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:48:05 +0100, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> >>>wrote: >>> >>>>Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 17:31 schrieb Paul S Person: >>>>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:45:27 +0100, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 00:36 schrieb The Starmaker: >>>>>>> Now, Albert Einstein also mentions "Europeans"... >>>>>>> but I'm from Brooklyn New York so I have no idea what he means >>>>>>> by "Europeans"! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Are French people "Europeans"??? Is French a language or a Race???? >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually 'French' is the name of a certain dressing. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Like for example, is Spanish a Race or a language? >>>>>> >>>>>> It was also the name of a very dangerous flu. >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually 'spanish' is quite a useful word and could address all sorts of >>>>>> things, like e.g. wines, cheese and oranges, which stem mainly from the >>>>>> county 'Spain'. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> That country is mainly located in Europe (partly in Africa). >>>>>> >>>>>> The citizens of Spain are called 'Spaniards'. >>>>>> >>>>>> Most of them use the language 'Spanish', but not all, because some speak >>>>>> Catalan, Mallorquin or Bask. >>>>> >>>>> I suspect you mean "Basque". >>>> >>>>I'm so sorry, but later I found out, that my speeling was wrong, once >>>>the messagae was already sent it wand it was too late. >>>> >>>>Well, sorry, but 'Basque' is also a language which I cannot speak. >>>> >>>>I have actually not written the word ever before. So, please forgive me >>>>to write 'Basque' wrong. >>> >>>Hey, we all make mistakes. I pronounced "modem" with a long "o" until >>>I actually heard someone pronounce it. >>> >> >>I think you heard someone pronounce it wrong then... > >It's an abbreviated form of "modulator-demodulator". > >Bing agrees with you, BTW. So perhaps things changed since I heard >last heard it pronounced. Which was probably 30-40 years ago. > >The long "o" seemed to me to follow from the spelling, so it is >possible that others felt the same way. And eventually prevailed. It's been pronounced that way, in my experience, since I was in college, circa 1983. The joys of connect scripts... ATDP9,,1,8032526341 -- columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..
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| From | Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-11-14 08:47 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <itmehk5ng30smciedmd0f45u1uv3i6hub1@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #640725 |
On 13 Nov 2025 17:14:51 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote: <snippo: pronounciation of "modem"> <"that way" is with a long "o"> >It's been pronounced that way, in my experience, since I was in >college, circa 1983. Although this isn't when I heard it, in 1974 a professor illustrated (proudly) his remote access to the campus computer by placing his telephone handset on a box which then ... well, you can actually /see/ this in the film /Wargames/. Whose tech was intentially retro (but visually impressive, which was the point) when it came out and downright primitive today. But I don't recall him calling it a "modem" by any pronounciation. It was years later that I started encountered mentions of them in various computer magazines. -- "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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| From | scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) |
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| Date | 2025-11-14 17:35 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <FLJRQ.12790$1eE6.10391@fx17.iad> |
| In reply to | #640764 |
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes: >On 13 Nov 2025 17:14:51 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan ><tednolan>) wrote: > ><snippo: pronounciation of "modem"> ><"that way" is with a long "o"> > >>It's been pronounced that way, in my experience, since I was in >>college, circa 1983. > >Although this isn't when I heard it, in 1974 a professor illustrated >(proudly) his remote access to the campus computer by placing his >telephone handset on a box which then ... well, you can actually /see/ >this in the film /Wargames/. Whose tech was intentially retro (but >visually impressive, which was the point) when it came out and >downright primitive today. > >But I don't recall him calling it a "modem" by any pronounciation. It >was years later that I started encountered mentions of them in various >computer magazines. In 1974, we called it an 'acoustic coupler'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler
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| From | The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> |
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| Date | 2025-11-14 10:55 -0800 |
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On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:35:33 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote: >Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes: >>On 13 Nov 2025 17:14:51 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan >><tednolan>) wrote: >> >><snippo: pronounciation of "modem"> >><"that way" is with a long "o"> >> >>>It's been pronounced that way, in my experience, since I was in >>>college, circa 1983. >> >>Although this isn't when I heard it, in 1974 a professor illustrated >>(proudly) his remote access to the campus computer by placing his >>telephone handset on a box which then ... well, you can actually /see/ >>this in the film /Wargames/. Whose tech was intentially retro (but >>visually impressive, which was the point) when it came out and >>downright primitive today. >> >>But I don't recall him calling it a "modem" by any pronounciation. It >>was years later that I started encountered mentions of them in various >>computer magazines. > >In 1974, we called it an 'acoustic coupler'. > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler my tin foil hat works about the same way...
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On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:35:33 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote: >Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes: >>On 13 Nov 2025 17:14:51 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan >><tednolan>) wrote: >> >><snippo: pronounciation of "modem"> >><"that way" is with a long "o"> >> >>>It's been pronounced that way, in my experience, since I was in >>>college, circa 1983. >> >>Although this isn't when I heard it, in 1974 a professor illustrated >>(proudly) his remote access to the campus computer by placing his >>telephone handset on a box which then ... well, you can actually /see/ >>this in the film /Wargames/. Whose tech was intentially retro (but >>visually impressive, which was the point) when it came out and >>downright primitive today. >> >>But I don't recall him calling it a "modem" by any pronounciation. It >>was years later that I started encountered mentions of them in various >>computer magazines. > >In 1974, we called it an 'acoustic coupler'. > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler That stirs a memory ... so did he. -- "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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