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Re: "Skippy"

I used to work with someone whose last name was 'Scipione' - it was
pronounced "Sip-pee-own" - but his nickname was "Skippy"!!

    Also, I heard that the Italian nickname IS 'Ciro'.


    Allan Edels

-----Original Message-----
From: T. Mike Keesey <tkeese1@gl.umbc.edu>
To: Tetanurae <Tetanurae@aol.com>
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Date: Friday, March 27, 1998 3:47 AM
Subject: "Skippy"


>On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Tetanurae wrote:
>
>> One more thing....  Tom Holtz said he wanted to nickname Scipionyx
'Skippy the
>> dino.'  This just will not do....  In Italian, the letter combo s-c-i
should
>> be said like the English shi, not ski.  So no skippy-saurus!
>
>I think it already has a nickname in Italy: "Ciro". Could be wrong, but
>that's what someone from Italy wrote me.
>
>--T. Mike Keesey
>tkeese1@gl.umbc.edu
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