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From: fair@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Erik E. Fair)
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Subject: Re: [Nn][Ee][Ww][Ss]
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Date: Mon, 25-May-87 20:41:19 EDT
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Mr. Morin, I thank you for your eminently sensible proposal, but I see
(or rather, hear) one problem with it: there is no aural case distinction.
How, for example, am I to tell which of several things that a speaker
might be referring to, when he says "news"?

Fortunately, some friends of mine came up with a solution during a
party in Washington, D.C. during the last USENIX Conference. It struck
us during a discussion of what particular types of torture to apply to
the Sun Microsystems marketroid who thoughtlessly chose that most
uninspired name for their marvelous new window system. I think it was
the wine that inspired us. Anyway, it was decided that the name of
Sun's window system really has two syllables, and is pronounced:

	NEE wiss
or
	NEE wuss

In this manner, you can unambiguously refer to Sun's NeWS, as opposed
to USENET News. If one person does it, they'll think he's crazy, and
they'll ignore him. If ten people use this pronunciation consistently,
they'll think it's a movement! And that's what it is: the USENET news
anti-window system naming movement. Perhaps, in time, Sun Microsystems
will admit their grievous error, and change the name. After all, Coca
Cola admitted that they made a mistake, once. In the mean time, we have
the means to drive Sun's marketroids up the proverbial wall...

Of course, this still leaves the problem of referring to Sony's new
workstation. Maybe we can discuss it at a party during the next USENIX
Conference in Phoenix? You bring the wine...

	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.berke

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