My brother-in-law's name is Ben Barker and he has just spent 3 years in Japan teaching English to the locals.
Unfortunately, "Ben Barker" sounds very much like the Japanese for "Stupid Poo"...... -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward E. Jaffe Sent: 20 July 2005 17:59 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TLAs - was summit else entirely ... Ted MacNEIL wrote: >... >The whims of a bunch of buffalo notwithstanding, the operating system is >pronounced zee-oh-ess. >... > >Not in Canada! >IBM Canada is calling it 'zed-oh-ess'. > > Yup. And, when I visit Mexico, they call me SANE-YOUR HAH-FAY. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Edward E. Jaffe | | | Mgr, Research & Development | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801 | | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
