Re: Jan's Name (Was: Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John Hall
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In response to Re: Jan's Name (Was: Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly)  (Kurt at iadvance <kurtw@iadvance.co.nz>)
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>>>>Look at my own name. Jan Wieck (correctly pronounced like Yann Veek).

Vaguely remembered, then found on the Web...

Nicklaus Wirth, the designer of PASCAL, gave a talk once at which he
was asked "How do you pronounce your name?". He replied, "You can call
me by name, pronouncing it 'Virt', or call be by value, 'Worth'."

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John W Hall <wweexxsseessssaa@telusplanet.net>
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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