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On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:18:21 UTC, M wrote:

Following up to Bob Eager

Even more when they're spoken. eck-settera and asterix.


how would you say the name of the "Pentax *ist" (sic) I have one and don't
know


No idea!

I heard about four different pronunciations of the drug 'doxazosin', and
wondered which one was correct....turned out it was none of them. How do
I know? I had dinner with one of the guys who named it!
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