[svlug] Larry's last name is spelled wrong :-)

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Marc MERLIN (marc_merlin at magic.metawire.com):

> I'll have to  have a talk with  him though because his last  name is spelled
> wrong :-)

He probably had the letter amputated to become more Unix-like ("creat" 
system call, and all).

> Since you know French, you'll realize why  I instinctively put an 'e' at the
> end, otherwise,  this name (which is  French) would sound like  'matin', not
> like 'églantine' or 'platine' and so forth.

Oddly enough, the way I memorised how he spells it is to sound out, in
my head, how it would be pronounced if so spelled in French (like "matin").

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Rick Moen                 monkeyboys -- Linux IS the mainstream UNIX now!
rick (at) hugin.imat.com  MuaHaHaHa!" but that would be rude. -- Jim Dennis

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