Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!optilink!elliott
From: elliott@optilink.UUCP (Paul Elliott x225)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of pico
Summary: "Pico and Sepulveda"
Keywords: pico, pronunciation
Message-ID: <4452@optilink.UUCP>
Date: 17 Sep 90 17:32:38 GMT
References: <02444.AA02444@lemsys.UUCP> <4531@qip.UUCP>
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA
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In article <4531@qip.UUCP>, john@qip.UUCP (John Moore) writes:
> EE's say P-EEE-CO, farmers say P-EYE-CO ;-)

Also, residents of Los Angeles say "P-EEE-CO" (the name of a prominent
street, immortalized in the song "Pico and Sepulveda", as heard on the
Dr. Demento radio show).

Don't forget, Pico means "tiny" in Spanish (Latin, too?)

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