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Subject: Re: Re: REAL PROGRAMMERS
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Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 17:27:39 EDT
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The joke about Wirth is as follows: The name 'Nicholas Wirth' is actually a 
German name (don't complain if I'm wrong...), and as such the proper 
pronunciation is 'Niklaus Virt'. However, English speakers, not aware
of this, tend to pronounce it 'Nickles Worth'. In other words, Germans
call him by name, and English-speakers call him by value.

	Wayne