Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!van-bc! From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Game vs Multitasking Message-ID: <1654@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 28 May 90 22:23:11 GMT Lines: 19 Return-Path: To: van-bc!rnews In <1990May29.172524.15940@IRO.UMontreal.CA>, desmarai@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Stephane Desmarais) writes: > >(*) Many people misspell that word as "viola". May I tell them that viola > is the name of a NY Mets pitcher (at least, he was last year. I don't > know if he still is :-). "Voila" comes from "vois" and "la" ("see" > and "here"). > Viola is also a musical instrument, but at least it's better (and more recognizable as a mispelling) than the more common 'wala' or 'walla'. -larry -- The raytracer of justice recurses slowly, but it renders exceedingly fine. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+