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From: mwilson@the-wire.com (Mel Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Punctuation
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In article <3a57904f.1838389@news.shuswap.net>,
genew@shuswap.net (Gene Wirchenko) wrote:
>     That reminds me of a Bob Newhart routine where he is trying to
>get a phone number.  I went something like:
>
>     "Operator, I'd like a number in New York for George Kaplan."
>
>     "Is that Kaplan spelled K as in knight, A as aardvark, P as in
>pneumonia, L as in llama, A as in aardvark again, N as in [I forget
>this one]?"

   Newell post, from the record I heard.  Also recall L as in
lushuss, which was funny the way May said it, but not as good as
llama for our present purpose.

        Regards.        Mel.