From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Re: sgnus -> rgnus -> qgnus?
Date: 11 Oct 1996 12:43:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <w8sg23l232u.fsf@ylfing.ifi.uio.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: "Brent B. Powers"'s message of Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:12:01 -0400
"Brent B. Powers" <powers@ml.com> writes:
> Since, I believe, it was me that came up with Quince in the first
> place, I've got one more small suggestion....
>
> (Drum Roll)
> (Bugle and Straight Horn Fanfare)
>
> Quinoa
That has possibilities...
(ki-'n{o-}-*)
Etymology: Sp, fr. Quechua i[quinua]
n, a pigweed (i[Chenopodium quinoa]) of the high Andes whose
seeds are locally a staple food
Quinoa Gnus.
> There are only two problems with Quinoa.... First of all, it's not a
> fruit, it's a grain.
Who are we to quibble?
> Secondly, the pronunciation is so odd that only
> those truly interested in esoterica will be able to pronounce it
> properly (Think Keen-wah, accent on the first syllable).
I think that's a feature, not a bug. :-)
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-10-11 10:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-10-09 9:51 Wesley.Hardaker
1996-10-09 9:56 ` Lars Balker Rasmussen
1996-10-09 10:25 ` Ariel Scolnicov
1996-10-09 11:35 ` Hans de Graaff
1996-10-10 7:18 ` Wesley.Hardaker
1996-10-10 14:12 ` Brent B. Powers
1996-10-11 10:43 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
1996-10-11 12:34 ` qgnus pronounciation Andy Eskilsson
1996-10-11 20:41 ` sgnus -> rgnus -> qgnus? Michael R Cook
1996-10-11 19:08 ` Roderick Schertler
1996-10-10 16:07 ` Mats Löfdahl
1996-10-10 16:49 ` C. R. Oldham
1996-10-11 7:03 ` Qcumber Andy Eskilsson
1996-10-11 6:49 ` sgnus -> rgnus -> qgnus? Wesley.Hardaker
1996-10-11 16:00 ` 8 bits in citations (Was: Re: sgnus -> rgnus -> qgnus?) Mats Löfdahl
1996-10-11 18:31 ` Colin Rafferty
1996-10-12 18:51 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-10-14 17:58 ` Mats Löfdahl
1996-10-14 18:23 ` Per Abrahamsen
1996-10-14 20:37 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-10-17 22:42 ` Mats Löfdahl
1996-10-19 18:30 ` Juliusz Chroboczek
1996-10-11 6:50 ` sgnus -> rgnus -> qgnus? Wesley.Hardaker
1996-10-13 2:11 Brent B. Powers
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