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From: rwa@auvax.UUCP (Ross Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Definition:  Kludge
Message-ID: <140@auvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 18:20:41 EST
Article-I.D.: auvax.140
Posted: Wed Apr 22 18:20:41 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 19:21:32 EST
References: <1736@im4u.UUCP> <16745@sun.uucp> <16769@sun.uucp> <16881@sun.uucp>
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Organization: Athabasca U., Alberta, Canada
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Summary: spelling neologisms

In article <16881@sun.uucp>, landauer@sun.uucp (Doug Landauer) writes:
> In article <16769@sun.uucp> lyang@sun.UUCP (Larry Yang) writes:
> >Here's a better question:  How do you pronounce the word?
> It *always* rhymes with "stooge". [...] That's why I prefer the slightly
> less-common spelling "kluge". [...] Maybe we can affect which spelling
> wins out in the end.

Absolutely.  Kluge is right ( `kludge' (rhymes with sludge) is
the slimy mess created by a kluge.  :-) The spelling `kludge'
always reminds me of those persons who attended `colledge'.  It
makes my teeth ache.  

...!alberta!auvax!aubade!rwa		Ross Alexander, Athabasca University