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   From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
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   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   It's been pronounced that way, in my experience, since I was in   
   college, circa 1983.   
      
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