Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cyb-eng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!oakhill!cyb-eng!topher From: topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Charming typo Message-ID: <551@cyb-eng.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-May-85 19:50:24 EDT Article-I.D.: cyb-eng.551 Posted: Fri May 3 19:50:24 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 6-May-85 01:43:11 EDT Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, TX Lines: 11 When I worked at BBN (Bolt, Beranek and Newman), someone was collecting all the ways in which people had mis-spelled the company name. As you might imagine, there are lots of possibilities here, starting with Volt, Dolt, etc. But my favorite one came from someone who had been told the name over the phone: "Bolt Space Beranek and Newman". Cheers, Topher Eliot Cyb Systems, Austin, TX {gatech,ihnp4,nbires,seismo,ucb-vax}!ut-sally!cyb-eng!topher I just hope I haven't spelled it wrong!