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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 18 Jan 1998.
Re: tilde

Re: tilde

Randy Gardner wrote:
> 
> I emailed an english teacher on how to say tilde, here's the response:
> "till duh" with the first sylable (the 'till') emphasised.
> 
> So you just say till-duh.
ya,like "tilled" but with emphasis on "till" 

ta-eh-ul-ed

Obasciiandanchedote:
I saw this idea somewhere when i was a teen.And i used to leave all the
apples in the computer room at school with this little progie on it at
the end of my programming class.No need for a disk its so small.

.------------------------.
|.----------------------.|
||      IQ              ||
||     Quiz             ||
|| What is the          ||
|| abbreviation         ||
|| for "mountain"       ||
||?_                    ||
||                      ||    )
||                      ||   (
|'----------------------'| .-------. 
|&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'|
+------------------------+ +-------+

no matter what the user puts in
it displays:

.------------------------.
|.----------------------.|
||                      ||
||                      ||
||     WRONG!!!!!       ||
||                      ||
||                      ||
||                      ||     )
||                      ||   )(   )
||                      ||  (  ) (
|'----------------------'| .-------.
|&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'|
+------------------------+ +-------+

Waits a few secs then displays:
.------------------------.
|.----------------------.|
|| "mountain" is        ||
||  correctly           ||
||  abbreviated         ||
||  "Mt."               ||     )
||                      ||    (  (
||                      ||  (  )  )
||                      ||   )(( ( 
||                      ||  (  )) ) 
|'----------------------'| .-------.
|&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'|
+------------------------+ +-------+
waits 10 secs then displays:
.------------------------.
|.----------------------.|        :
||       "Mt"           ||   :    
||Place your finger     ||      :
||on your head and      ||   :     :
||repeat "Mt." 3 times. || : :  :  :
||                      || : ): : :: 
||                      || )((: )::)
||                      ||(  ))(( ((
||                      || )(( )))((
|'----------------------'|(.-------.)
|&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'|
+------------------------+ +-------+
It again waits like 10 secs and
the displays:                   :    :     .:
.------------------------.    .   :     :
|.----------------------.|   :   :   .
||    Your right,       ||  :  . :  :
||     Your head        ||    .:. :
||      IS empty!!!!    || : :(::.: :
||                      ||  :.)):.::
||                      ||  :(((::.(
||                      || ::))))::))
||                      || (:(((((((( 
||                      || )))))))))))
|'----------------------'|(.(((((((((
|&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'))
+------------------------+ +-------(

It was so cool to watch someone acutualy do it.
I actualy saw the teacher try it,and fall for it!!!!
-- 




 
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