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List:       mplayer-users
Subject:    Re: [MPlayer-users] Why I can't config Audio drivers (alsa1x & esd)
From:       The Wanderer <inverseparadox () comcast ! net>
Date:       2004-06-17 4:59:18
Message-ID: 40D12526.1060208 () comcast ! net
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rcooley wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:35:34 -0400 (EDT) JLB <jlb@twu.net> wrote:
> 
>> Why does NO ONE get it right? (Usually, people spell it "athalon",
> 
> Because the athAlon brand has been around for decades before AMD made
> a CPU line that is spelled almost the same.

Is that so? I've never heard of it. What is it? Computer hardware?
Clothing? Deodorant?

> The name is also in conflict with the typical rules of the English
> language, so people have a problem with it.

...Bweh? How is it in conflict? To the extent to which English *has* any
"typical rules", it seems perfectly well in line to me.

("Athlon", that is. "Athalon" seems a little bit off, but no more so
than the common misspelling "athelete".)

(Now that I think about it, is this even vaguely on topic?)

-- 
       The Wanderer

Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any
side of it.

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