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Thanks for verifying it, Doug. I tell some people and they look at me sideways, as if to say, You're pulling my leg. Andrew On 31 March 2010 03:08, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ah, how often have I heard people stumble as they pronounce the name of > Immanuel > Kant. > > Max > > Quoting Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>: > > > I was there when it was happening! I remember some members of Curtin > > laughing but also wondering how the powers-that-be could be so blind. > > > > Doug > > On 29-Mar-10, at 6:42 PM, andrew burke wrote: > > > > > When WAIT (Western Australian Institute of Technology) became a > > > university, > > > they first of all called it Curtin University of New Technology. A > > > giant > > > sign went up and declared it to the world - until someone spelt it > > > out for > > > them. Now it is simply referred to as Curtin (named after a local > > > poly who > > > became Prime Minister). > > > > > > Andrew > > > > Douglas Barbour > > [log in to unmask] > > > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ <http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Edbarbour/> > > > > Latest books: > > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > > Wednesdays' > > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground- > press_10.html<http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-%0Apress_10.html> > > > > The secret > > > > which got lost neither hides > > nor reveals itself, it shows forth > > > > tokens. > > > > Charles Olson > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html