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   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On 12 Nov 2025 17:24:34 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan   
   ) wrote:   
      
   >In article <62d9hkdh6r696tt51fa04o16tqf6ccjtjv@4ax.com>,   
   >Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >>On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:48:05 +0100, Thomas Heger    
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 17:31 schrieb Paul S Person:   
   >>>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:45:27 +0100, Thomas Heger    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>    
   >>>>> Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 00:36 schrieb The Starmaker:   
   >>>>>> Now, Albert Einstein also mentions "Europeans"...   
   >>>>>> but I'm from Brooklyn New York so I have no idea what he means   
   >>>>>> by "Europeans"!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Are French people "Europeans"??? Is French a language or a Race????   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Actually 'French' is the name of a certain dressing.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Like for example, is Spanish a Race or a language?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It was also the name of a very dangerous flu.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Actually 'spanish' is quite a useful word and could address all sorts of   
   >>>>> things, like e.g. wines, cheese and oranges, which stem mainly from the   
   >>>>> county 'Spain'.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That country is mainly located in Europe (partly in Africa).   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The citizens of Spain are called 'Spaniards'.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Most of them use the language 'Spanish', but not all, because some speak   
   >>>>> Catalan, Mallorquin or Bask.   
   >>>>    
   >>>> I suspect you mean "Basque".   
   >>>   
   >>>I'm so sorry, but later I found out, that my speeling was wrong, once    
   >>>the messagae was already sent it wand it was too late.   
   >>>   
   >>>Well, sorry, but 'Basque' is also a language which I cannot speak.   
   >>>   
   >>>I have actually not written the word ever before. So, please forgive me    
   >>>to write 'Basque' wrong.   
   >>   
   >>Hey, we all make mistakes. I pronounced "modem" with a long "o" until   
   >>I actually heard someone pronounce it.   
   >>   
   >   
   >I think you heard someone pronounce it wrong then...   
      
   It's an abbreviated form of "modulator-demodulator".   
      
   Bing agrees with you, BTW. So perhaps things changed since I heard   
   last heard it pronounced. Which was probably 30-40 years ago.   
      
   The long "o" seemed to me to follow from the spelling, so it is   
   possible that others felt the same way. And eventually prevailed.   
   --    
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   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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