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From: tr@pcharming.ctt.bellcore.com (tom reingold)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: pronunciation of *
Message-ID: <18199@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Date: 14 Nov 89 03:35:11 GMT
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Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, Noo Joizy
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Well, to those who call a '*' an "asterisk", I offer this poem:

	Suzy Smith put on her skates
	upon the ice to frisk.
	Her friends thought her a little strange
	her little *.

Tom Reingold                   |INTERNET:       tr@bellcore.com
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