Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:07:09 +0100 From: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it> To: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@nickelkid.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sorry Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000125160709.00a383a0@relay.alice.it> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001250923560.57770-100000@cornflake.nickelk id.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20000125104643.00958590@relay.alice.it>
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At 09.26 25/01/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> GUFI could be translated as "owls", but in this case stands for "Gruppo
>> Utenti FreeBSD Italiani" ("Italian FreeBSD Users Group"). What are the US
>> connotations? I'm very interested... ;-)
>It looks like it's pronounced the same as "goofy" in English, which means
>"silly."
Well, one could say that "silly" doesn't seems too wrong, given the first
message from my account @gufi.org... anyway, I think Goofy is also the
original name of a Disney character who I love ("Pippo" here in Italy) and
I definitely like this "connotation" more! :-)
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