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Re: Club Name discussion
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Date: 
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:35:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:04:02 GMT, ba-lego@cinnamon.com (Todd Lehman)
wrote:

PNLTC is unpronounceable no matter how you look at it, so that's OK; no one
is going to bastardize (mispronounce) the name.  But when you have a name
with a vowel surrounded by consonants, someone will always try to make it
into a word and say it aloud.  If they're lucky, they get it right.  :)

Mxptlk (sp?)

Hey, was he the little alien arch-enemy of Superman on the old Super Friends
cartoon show who would disappear back to his home planet if you tricked him
into saying his own name?

--Todd



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(...) I'd assume so. He came from the comic books originally. I didn't know he ever rubbed elbows with Wendy and Super Marv (or was it the Wonder Twins?). He had to say his name *backwards*. 'say' isn't completely accurate -- Superman got rid of him (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) Mxptlk (sp?) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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