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Re: Saying it (more or less) correctly



On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Wright Huntley wrote:
> Pop quiz:
> 
> Pronounce *Cryptocoryne*.

Used to think it was "crip to corn"... then was shocked two months ago to
find it's actually

crip toe coe RINE eeeeee

I learned this at a talk from none other than Jan Bastmeieyer (which I
beleive is "Yawn BAST my urrr"... somehow now I imagine that being said by
four talking frogs, no doubt sitting in a pond of Cryptocorynes).

:)

Happy Holidays everyone,

  - Erik

PS: I finished an update on the Krib last weekend.  6+ months of backlog
finally saw the light of day.  http://www.thekrib.com

-- 
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com