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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:38:33 EST
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- From: ll23%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU
- Subject: Re: What's in a name?
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- Posted on 22 Dec 1992 at 17:50:21 by LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
- >often 'schwa' and 'th' is reduced to 't'; the vowels in my surname also become
- >an unstressed syllable.... so it was bad enough for me to have to put up with
- >being called 'Carol in bed' without doing that to my son. :-(
-
- What *is* your last name? Do we know that? I tend to think of you
- (affectionately) as The Wombat, and then for some reason I thought
- *that* was your last name. But now I've realized it's your machine.
-
- Karen
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