[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Long name competition

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From: Ken Shmidheiser <k.shmidheiser@...>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:31:18 -0500
tedd, tongue firmly planted in cheek asks,

>  >Digressing from programming constants to names, I'm surprised our
>  >New Zealand contingent has not yet responded with:
>  >
>  >TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPUKAKAPIKI-
>  >MAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU
>  >
>  >a thousand-foot-high hill in Southern Hawke's Bay named after a
>  >prominent Maori chieftain renowned for his ability to play the nose
>  >flute, among other sundry accomplishments including a propensity to
>  >eat mountains.
>  >
>  >Ken
>
>Do people who speak it, have to yell?


Of course...

...They're on top of a thousand-foot-high hill!  ;-0

(I actually wrote it like that to evoke a reaction from Robert P. 
who, not only lives in NZ, but like many genii, is slightly 
obsessive-compulsive. I have discovered his particular weakness is to 
lowercase anything that comes to him in caps.)

Any other questions?

Ken

p.s. You should hear what the echo sounds like:

TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAmatEATURIPUKakaPIKIMAUNGAHoronuKUPOKAIWHENUakitanatahuTAUMATAWhakatangihangakoauauotaMATEATURIpukakapikimaungahoronukuPOKAIWhenuakitanatahutaumatawhakatanGIHangakoauauotamateaturipukakAPIKimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahutaumatawhakatangihaNGAKOauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.........