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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Subject: Re: Pronouncing your name in another language
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References: <moose-1101951036570001@pacsci-28.pacsci.org> <1995Jan13.033835.3299@midway.uchicago.edu> <1995Jan13.102650.1@ctdvx5.priv.ornl.gov>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 22:14:32 GMT
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In article <1995Jan13.102650.1@ctdvx5.priv.ornl.gov> s25@ctdvx5.priv.ornl.gov writes:
 > In article <1995Jan13.033835.3299@midway.uchicago.edu>, 
 >    deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff) writes:
 > > 	(They also figured, from the number of exits for it, that
 > > "Ausfahrt" must be the biggest city in Germany, just as I used to 
 > > think that "Einbahnstrasse" snaked all over the city where 
 > 
 > I don't understand German, but I have a feeling this is like a friend of mine
 > who went to Puerto Rico and was amazed at the size of the city of Salida, given
 > the number of exits for it between the airport and his hotel.
 > 
Ah yes, and all buses in Portugal go to Paragem.
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