From: Harald Arnesen <skogtun@gmail.com>
To: coff@tuhs.org
Subject: [COFF] Re: Awk, not Kaw?
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:47:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1a0f8f01-3a23-46f3-329a-6511e308b4d1@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W4Rnf7peb-FExxOTTKPQFYHxWjjA0Q8v3QDsOqxJ10ZoQ@mail.gmail.com>
Dan Cross [25/07/2022 02.33]:
> `akw` seems like the most promising alternative, for
> no other reason than that the initials are alphabetized.
> `kaw` feels a bit silly, sounding like the noise that a
> crow makes.
>
> I suspect "awk" was the closest to pronounceable
> without seeming unduly goofy.
Whether a crow cries "kaw" or "awk" is open to discussion...in
Norwegian, it says "kra".
I have always thought the name was a play on the bird "auk". The Book
even has a picture of this creature on the cover.
--
Hilsen Harald
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2022-07-24 23:30 ` [COFF] " Stuff Received
2022-07-25 0:33 ` [COFF] " Dan Cross
2022-07-25 9:47 ` Harald Arnesen [this message]
2022-07-25 17:36 ` Adam Thornton
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