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  • Pronouncing "Melles Griot"

    From emanuela.ene@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Richard J Kinch on Fri May 11 09:33:42 2018
    On Friday, May 12, 2006 at 3:55:41 PM UTC-5, Richard J Kinch wrote:
    I curious how to properly pronounce "Melles Griot". This doesn't seem to
    be answered on their Web page.

    Melles is a Dutch family (last name). You may want to pronounce it Meh-less. Griot should be of French orig, though.See http://optics.org/article/11296. Maybe you want to read this, too: https://spie.org/membership/spie-professional-magazine/spie-
    professional-archives-and-special-content/jan2009-spie-professional/people-first?SSO=1

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  • From emanuela.ene@gmail.com@21:1/5 to redbelly on Fri May 11 09:32:45 2018
    On Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 7:09:12 AM UTC-5, redbelly wrote:
    Jim Klein wrote:

    I attempted to take French in college with the operative term being "attempted". The only reason I passed was that I promissed the
    instructor I would not take any further French classes. :-)


    I'm reminded of my brother, who was allowed to use a computer language
    for his foreign language requirement in grad school.

    Mark

    Hi Mark: Melles is a Dutch family (last name). You may want to pronounce it appropriately. Griot should be of French orig, though.See http://optics.org/article/11296. Maybe you want to read this, too: https://spie.org/membership/spie-professional-
    magazine/spie-professional-archives-and-special-content/jan2009-spie-professional/people-first?SSO=1

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  • From emanuela.ene@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Skywise on Fri May 11 09:34:29 2018
    On Friday, May 12, 2006 at 5:07:15 PM UTC-5, Skywise wrote:
    Richard J Kinch <kinch@truetex.com> wrote in news:Xns97C1AC30A1DDEsomeconundrum@216.196.97.131:

    I curious how to properly pronounce "Melles Griot". This doesn't seem to be answered on their Web page.


    Don't know if it's right, but I say "melz gree-oh".

    Brian
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    Melles is a Dutch family (last name). You may want to pronounce it Meh-less. Griot should be of French orig, though.See http://optics.org/article/11296. Maybe you want to read this, too: https://spie.org/membership/spie-professional-magazine/spie-
    professional-archives-and-special-content/jan2009-spie-professional/people-first?SSO=1

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