Re: ATM Re: Chretien

["Chris Westland" <westland@uxmail.ust.hk>]

This is great stuff, Roger.  Guaranteed to save us from some of those
embarrasing "fox paws"  (oops!).  So is a .GIF file a JIFF file or a GIFF
file (I assume the later, since the "G" is for Graphical ... but around 75%
of those around me seems to prefer JIFF.  Does it matter what side of the
Atlantic you are on? How about the Pacific?

-c


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> From: Roger C. Ceragioli <ceragioli@UH.EDU>
> To: atm@shore.net
> Subject: ATM Re: Chretien
> Date: Wednesday, September 18, 1996 5:51 AM
> 
> To all interested:
> 
> People have asked:
> 
> >>How do you pronouce "Chretien"?
> 
> You pronounce it "KRAY-tyen" or "KRAY-ti-en" with perhaps a slightly
> stronger accent on the first syllable than the others.  It's an ordinary
> French word meaning "Christian".  We use that as a last name in English
too.
> 
> >Also, on a related note, all this talk of Ritchey-Chretiens,
> >Pressman-Carmichaels, and Dall-Kirkhams makes me wonder.
> 
> No need to wonder, it's actually "Camichel" [ka-mee-SHELL (more or
less)],
> not "Carmichael"; and Foucault is "Foo-COH", not of course "Foo-Colt";
> finally, as we all know, Ronchi is "RONG-kee", not "Raunchy".
> 
> Roger Ceragioli
> Classical Studies Program
> University of Houston
> Houston, TX  77204
>