new dual NPN and PNP transistors

[Pat Ford]

Hmm I guess all my friends and coworkers are 'mericans, the aboot is mostly
Quebec(french) east to the coast.
Pat (proudly Canadian)

 

[John Woodgate]

Hmm I guess all my friends and coworkers are 'mericans, the aboot is
mostly
Quebec(french) east to the coast.

It's also pronounced like that in Scotland.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Hmm I guess all my friends and coworkers are 'mericans, the aboot is mostly
Quebec(french) east to the coast.
Pat (proudly Canadian)

I don't know what he's talking about either. The word "about" is
always pronounced "about" in Canada. ;-) Just like "house".


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[John Larkin]

I'm sitting here doing just that right now. Replacing a couple of
pages of kludge (clearly designed by a discrete designer ;-)

Watch your tongue, young Jim, or I'll cut off your beer.

John

 

[Joerg]

Hi Spehro,

I don't know what he's talking about either. The word "about" is
always pronounced "about" in Canada. ;-) Just like "house".

I've met a few folks from BC who actually did pronounce it shorter, like
the 'o' in "Woman". They lived and worked in the US so maybe that's what
did it. But the engineers at QNX (Ontario) used to say "aboot". They
also use orange golf balls. Somehow the white versions are hard to find
when it gets cold up there ;-)

Regards, Joerg

 

[Joerg]

Hi John,

Watch your tongue, young Jim, or I'll cut off your beer.

Would only work if you threaten to ban the sale of Shiraz and Merlot in
Arizona. And maybe Widmer's ;-)

Regards, Joerg

 

[John Larkin]

Hi John,

Would only work if you threaten to ban the sale of Shiraz and Merlot in
Arizona. And maybe Widmer's ;-)

I used to send him Widmer, but I think he has discovered a local
supply. That reduces my leverage a lot.

John

 

[Pat Ford]

Hi Spehro,

I've met a few folks from BC who actually did pronounce it shorter, like
the 'o' in "Woman". They lived and worked in the US so maybe that's what
did it. But the engineers at QNX (Ontario) used to say "aboot". They
also use orange golf balls. Somehow the white versions are hard to find
when it gets cold up there ;-)

Regards, Joerg

I worked at QNX ( in Kanata, now part of Ottawa) for 4.5 years ( in the
embedded group, then QA) I don't remember hearing "aboot", but that was
close to 5 years ago, who knows who is still there.
Pat

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlog

I don't know what he's talking about either. The word "about" is always
pronounced "about" in Canada. ;-) Just like "house".

I've heard one or two quite pronounced Scottish accents among the
relatively few Canadians I've met. And 'house' IS pronounced 'hoose',
like 'moose'.

But beware; there is not just ONE Scottish accent; there are three major
divisions, Borders, Lowlands and Highlands, and there is a pronounced
east-west divergence in Lowlands. 'Aboot and 'hoose' are largely West
Lowlands, e.g. Glasgow. In Edinburgh, the voice is pitched an octave
higher, or seems to be.

 

[Jim Thompson]

Watch your tongue, young Jim, or I'll cut off your beer.

John

Don't you remember? It's now available at the Safeway near me.

...Jim Thompson

 

[Jim Thompson]

I used to send him Widmer, but I think he has discovered a local
supply. That reduces my leverage a lot.

John

And we can get just about every Australian wine here. Had a Shiraz
with my hamburger last night ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Joerg]

Hi Pat,

I worked at QNX ( in Kanata, now part of Ottawa) for 4.5 years ( in the
embedded group, then QA) I don't remember hearing "aboot", but that was
close to 5 years ago, who knows who is still there.

That's interesting. Especially since my involvement with QNX (as a
customer) was also about five years ago. We were on the phone a lot with
questions regarding realtime apps and I guess that must have been close
to what the embedded group does. However, we ran it on a PC architecture.

At this point I must say that when I went to the Embedded Systems
Conference in San Jose six years or so ago I was impressed by the
knowledge level of the QNX folks. One said he was "only a sales guy" but
lo and behold he answered all our technical question to the fullest. He
insisted that what I had written down need to be double checked by the
responsible engineer who looked and said it's 100% correct. Wow. A major
competitor fared much worse, most folks there didn't have a clue about
interrupt latency and stuff like that. That did it. QNX it was for us
and we ordered the whole chebang of tools.

Regards, Joerg

 

[Joerg]

Hi Jim,

Check Sam's Club. They used to carry Widmer's sometimes at a pretty good
price.

Regards, Joerg

 

[Jim Thompson]

Hi Jim,

Check Sam's Club. They used to carry Widmer's sometimes at a pretty good
price.

Regards, Joerg

I occasionally get to Sam's Club, but I only drink a beer every week
or so, so a 6-pack probably lasts me two months. Now, wine, that's
another story ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[John Larkin]

Don't you remember? It's now available at the Safeway near me.

...Jim Thompson

Damn, I should have peeled the labels off.

John

 

[Arie de Muynck]

"John Woodgate" ...

The Dutch make 'erwtensoepe' with smoked bacon. You can stand a spoon up
in it. Very good. The 'w' is a vowel.

Spelled: "erwtensoep" without the 'e' at the end.
Actually, the 'w' is hardly pronounced.

Also needs chunks of sausage to be complete.
And used to have a pig's foot - now uncommon.

recipe http://www.soupsong.com/rpea2.html
picture http://www.amb-pays-bas.fr/fr/pays-bas/cuisine/soupes.htm


Regards,
Arie de Muynck

 

[Joerg]

Hello Arie

Spelled: "erwtensoep" without the 'e' at the end.
Actually, the 'w' is hardly pronounced.

Unless you live in Zuid Limburg. But it's all different there anyways.
Once two of us were going people in Enschede or beyond would have a hard
time following the conversation.

Also needs chunks of sausage to be complete.

That's how my wife still makes it. For the folks in the US: "Kasper
Sausages" from Costco are really good in this application. Especially if
they are pre-barbequed on a Weber charcoal grill.

Groetjes, Joerg

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Arie de Muynck
..xs4all.nl>) about 'new dual NPN and PNP transistors', on Tue, 5 Oct
2004:

Spelled: "erwtensoep" without the 'e' at the end.
Actually, the 'w' is hardly pronounced.

I don't know where the 'e' came from; I looked up the spelling. Yes, as
I heard the word, the 'w' is not like a long 'o' or 'u' but very short,
and the strong accent is on the 'E'.

 

[Paul Burke]

But beware; there is not just ONE Scottish accent; there are three major
divisions, Borders, Lowlands and Highlands, and there is a pronounced
east-west divergence in Lowlands.

OK cleverclogs, now give us a phonetic rendering of "about" in the
Northern Irish version, say from round Lisburn...

In Edinburgh, the voice is pitched an octave
higher, or seems to be.

Also in Dundee, nearby Magdalen Green.

Paul Burke

 

[Rich Grise]

Hi Spehro,

I've met a few folks from BC who actually did pronounce it shorter, like
the 'o' in "Woman". They lived and worked in the US so maybe that's what
did it. But the engineers at QNX (Ontario) used to say "aboot". They
also use orange golf balls. Somehow the white versions are hard to find
when it gets cold up there ;-)

Nah, it's to see them in the snow. When it gets cold, they just
don't golf. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich