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From: nasa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Daniel Poirot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: pronunciation of *
Message-ID: <9945@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 30 Oct 89 14:59:59 GMT
References: <5047@yarra.oz.au>
Reply-To: nasa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Daniel Poirot)
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In article <5047@yarra.oz.au> cm@yarra.oz.au (Charles Meo) writes:

>The whole discussion on this matter is asinine.
>
>Stop it.
>
>chuck
>not a wizard.
>-- 
>Heresy, Barricades, Threats, Big Promises.......

How do you pronounce '*'?  

I have allways called it 'splat' (the sound of a '.' falling from a great 
height) but when I do, nobody seems to know what I am talking about...


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