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From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, August 16, 2002, 11:56
=?iso-8859-1?q?Jan=20van=20Steenbergen?= scripsit:

> > BTW, I'm not Dutch, so no d in my name... and my middle name is very > > optional, despite what the mail headers say. > > Sorry, my mistake. As a matter of fact, I am Dutch, and my middle name is > Hendrik, too, but with d this time.
Interesting. Considering how English changes /ms/ to /mps/ (Thompson < Tom's son), it wouldn't be too bizarre to have changed /nr/ to /ndr/. In a slightly different universe, we'd see movies with Hendry Fonda.... -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com "In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand." --Gerald Holton

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