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Subject: Re: Insomniac

Author: José Carlos

Date: 09:29:00 09/26/99

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On September 26, 1999 at 09:43:53, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>On September 26, 1999 at 08:26:53, José Carlos wrote:
>
>>On September 26, 1999 at 04:35:31, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>On September 26, 1999 at 02:48:12, José Carlos wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 25, 1999 at 14:05:25, James Robertson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi all!
>>>>>
>>>>>I have finally decided on a name for my program: Insomniac!
>>>>>
>>>>>My family really likes the name, told me it was perfect, and that I had better
>>>>>pick it or else. :)
>>>>>
>>>>>It is cool because my program spends all night tirelessly playing games, and I
>>>>>spend all night like a zombie working on it. It also sounds slightly reminiscent
>>>>>of the early 'Maniac' and 'Univac' computers. :)
>>>>>
>>>>>In any case I think it is _way_ better than the colorless, boring JRCP, and I
>>>>>hope you guys like the name.
>>>>>
>>>>>James
>>>>
>>>>  Ohhh, I liked JRCP so much... :) Won't you reconsider it?
>>>>  JRCP. Mmm, sounds so nice...
>>>>
>>>>  Good bye, JRCP, I'll miss you...
>>>>
>>>>  José C.
>>>
>>>I hope you're being tongue in cheek..... :)
>>>
>>>James
>>
>>  Sorry, I don't understand the joke (I'm spanish). Can you explain, please?
>>
>>PS.: Considering the strength of new version of your program, what about another
>>name: "Deep James" ?
>>
>>  José C.
>
>
>Hello José ,
>
>to one possible tongue-in-cheek (teasing) you replied with another possible
>tongue-in-cheek... Deep James. Entertaining, I must say, for a linguist such as
>myself.  Anyway, tongue-in-cheek should be *embromar* in the Spanish of America
>del Sur...  Teasing is just as good as the above expression in English.
>
>Regards,
>
>Djordje

  Hi Djordje,

  Thanks for the explanation. I keep learning new things in CCC every day  :)

  José C.



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