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Niklaus Wirth Has Lamented That, Whereas Europeans Pronounce His Name Correctly (Ni-klows Virt), Americans Invariably Mangle It Into (Nick-les Worth).
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Niklaus Wirth has lamented that, whereas Europeans pronounce his name
correctly (Ni-klows Virt), Americans invariably mangle it into
(Nick-les Worth). Which is to say that Europeans call him by name, but
Americans call him by value.
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Niklaus Wirth has lamented that, whereas Europeans pronounce his name correctly (Ni-klows Virt), Americans invariably mangle it into (Nick-les Worth)....
Niklaus Wirth has lamented that, whereas Europeans pronounce his name correctly (Ni-klows Virt), Americans invariably mangle it into (Nick-les Worth).
Which is to say that Europeans call him by name, but Americans call him by value....
You may call me by my name, Wirth, or by my value, Worth. -- Nicklaus Wirth
A fool, indeed, has great need of a title; it teaches men to call him Count and Duke, and to forget his proper name of Fool.
-- Crowne...
Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book v, Line 658...
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call.
There is one direction in which all space is open to him. Ralph Waldo Emerso...
Mr. Arnold' isn't even his name. His name's 'Rimmer'
or 'Smeghead'; or 'Dinosaur Breath'; or 'Molecule Mind'....