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From: sam@esl.ESL.COM (Sam Hahn)
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Subject: Re: CLOS--How to pronounce it
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Date: 23 Aug 90 19:29:12 GMT
References: <1459@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu>
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In article <1459@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> you write:
>Now that CLOS is an accepted part of the CL standard, I am interested
>in adopting the standard pronunciation.  However, I have heard "CLOS"
>pronounced several different ways.
>
>Is it:
>"closs" rhymes with "floss"
...
>---------
>Danny Edelson   	Institute for the Learning Sciences
>edelson@ils.nwu.edu 	     Northwestern University

CLOSS (floss).  That's how we do it.  We've never thought of it
pronounced any other way.  Nor is there a need.  (B^:) -- Sam