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| | | (...) Fascinating though that tidbit might be, observant members of the viewing audience will note that you didn't answer the question. :-) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Julie Krenz
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| | | | (...) Reminds me of The 1st Annual "How The Heck (1) Do YOU Say Larry's Last Name" Contest on rtl last year :-D Julie (1)edited for content (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Erin Windross
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| | | | | (...) Prozzak? Pennyzaik? Penzak? This is a question that will haunt mankind (or at least minifigs) forever. (:-P Erin -- (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) Merely use every letter and do so in the correct order. To wit: Peen-yat-sick or Peen-Eyah-Zeck as you prefer. (...) Forever? Try 53 minutes (depending on how fast I can hit the fire button) ++Lar (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Merely use every letter and do so in the correct order. To wit: Peen-yat-sick or Peen-Eyah-Zeck as you prefer. (...) Forever? Try 53 minutes (depending on how fast I can hit the fire button) ++Lar When polled, 99.5% of minifigs had no trouble (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Dan Jezek
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| | | | | | | (...) Do you have some ancestors in Eastern europe? Your name means "little coin". That's what we used to call the pirate coins when I was a kid. "Penizek" (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —John Cromer
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| | | | | | | | | (...) [snip] (...) Heh, that's pretty funny. "Larry Little Coin." (Well, it made *me* laugh....) as evah, John C. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) And much easier to say! (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yes, I know. Or "loose change" if you prefer. My father, b. 1918, Gostynin, Poland, grew up while Pilsudski was running things. only boy in a family of 7. In the resistance, captured and internned by the Germans, fought fires in Berlin on a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Erin Windross
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| | | | | | | (...) Thanks, I'll try to keep that in mind when I read your name.(I always pronounced Todds name as Layman, and yours as Penzak. I used to think the word Several ment the number seven, until recently have I learned it means any number below seven) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | (...) Doesn't mean 1. Or 0. Or -1. Probably also doesn't mean 2. Could mean 7, if they're distinct. Or 100, under some circumstances. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | (...) No Pie-nee-ah-sack? Shucks. Jasper (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) That's close enough for me... (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | | (...) How about Pjay-nee-ah-sack? Pee-ay-knee-ah-sack? Jasper (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Kevin Maynes
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| | | | | | | | | Bah! Circumvent the problem altogether, just call him That Larry Guy. That ought to cover it, no? <snicker> K.M. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Neither of those are close enough to the way I say it to pass. Where are you going with this? <checks back for "kick me" sign... leave it to Jasper to be up to something> ++Lar (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —David Schilling
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| | | | | | (...) "Larry lpieniazek@tsisoft.com"? That looks even harder to pronounce! -- David Schilling (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Erin Windross
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| | | | (...) While we all gabble and gossip about Larrys ancestry, another question has popped into my mind. How do you say Bram Lambrechts last name? Lambert? Lam-bre-cht? The world may never know..... ;-) Erin -- (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Dumb, stupid question —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) Lam (a as in market) brecht (as in Bertold). Jasper (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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