FAQ (was Re: TIPS)

[Wilson Gray]

Geoff Nathan's from T'ronna. In fact, he's the person who disabused me
of the impression that the name of the city is "TuhRONtoe." Maybe
he'll see this and let us know.

-Wilson

On 7/7/06, Chris Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:
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> Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM>:
> > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 06:34:38PM +0100, Chris Waigl wrote:
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> >> whose boss says "sequel" for SQL
> >
> > Hate. That.
> >
> > What makes it worse is that several people I know who are really
> > great programmers say it this way. Drives me crazy.
>
> (Me, too. And he's a nice guy otherwise. I've been attributing it to his
> Toronto dialect. -- I'm not actually sure this _is_ his dialect, but his
> English is very distinctive, unlike any I've heard before, and he's _in_
> Toronto.)
>
> CW
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