OT: Bob Coburn.

[Brian K. White]

I only got one copy of this, which tells me Linda happened to pick a post 
from me to reply to, and not knowing about the list reply-to setting it just 
went to me alone.
But I figured it should go to the list.
I also cc'd "list-owner" already.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Coburn" <rjcoburn at fuse.net>
To: "Brian K. White" <brian at aljex.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: pronouncing zune (was Re: OT: MS "Zune" was Re: OT: Wow,AMD is 
buying ATI for billions....)


> Bob Coburn passed away July 30th.  Please remove him from you list.  THank 
> you.  Linda Coburn
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian K. White" <brian at aljex.com>
> To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 5:45 PM
> Subject: OT: pronouncing zune (was Re: OT: MS "Zune" was Re: OT: Wow,AMD 
> is buying ATI for billions....)
>
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Fairlight" <fairlite at fairlite.com>
>> To: "filePro mailing list" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: OT: MS "Zune" (was Re: OT: Wow,AMD is buying ATI for 
>> billions....)
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 09:03:44AM -0400, Kenneth Brody may or may not 
>>> have
>>> proven themselves an utter git by pronouncing:
>>>>     Blogger "Mickeleh" saw some irony in the name Zune; In Hebrew, if
>>>>     you pronounce the "u" like in the word "tribune," it translates
>>>
>>> How -is- it supposed to be pronounced?  I was reading it phonetically as
>>> "zoon", which would match.  I'm pretty sure a majority of people would.
>>
>> You really pronounce tribune the same as triboon?
>> (ok pick a real word, baboon)
>> I think most people would agree there is a Y sound in tribune and none in 
>> baboon.
>>
>> It's close but merely close.
>>
>> I think most people would say zoon in this case too just because even if 
>> you start out trying to say "zyewn" you reject it immediately and say 
>> zoon instead.
>>
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