In article <4ei9rv$qhm@newsgate.dircon.co.uk>, gpramsey@dircon.co.uk says...
>donb@rational.com (Don Baccus) wrote:
>>In article <4e0jci$lkd@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>,
>>Bob Neuman wrote:
>>>>gpramsey@dircon.co.uk (Glen) wrote:
>>>>:While we're at it, could someone tell me how to pronounce VIGNET?
>>>>:I thought it was: VIG (as in PIG) NET (as in interNET)
>>>Hey, folks, I T 'S A J O K E !, as in :),:),:) - must we always
>>>use the smiley faces to indicate that!?
>>If that's a joke, so am I. And that's no joke.
>>It sure looks like a serious request to me. And, the original
>>poster hasn't re-posted claiming it's a joke. Just what made
>>you think it is?

>No, it wasn't a joke!!! I'd _never_ heard anyone SAY the word (and
>still haven't) so I had no idea how to pronounce it? Is that so bad?
>*sorry* if that's a crime.

Sorry! Your post appeared in a thread titled with a joke line
containing joke posts - and the misspelling of the word (by
someone in the UK, right next to the country of the word's
origin), and the choice of "sound alikes" sure indicated
a joke post to me! Just coincidence, I guess....
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