At 10:00 PM -0500 00.3.26, Mark Lincoln wrote: > rpphillips@... wrote: > > > > This is going to sound like an odd question but I have never before >heard the name spoken aloud. The problem is that I'm putting something >together where the name WILL be spoken aloud. > > > > Is FutureBasic^3 officially pronounced ending with a "three" or with a >"cubed?" > > Yes. > In Japan, "fyuh-chah(future) behshik(basic) san(3)" or "ef-bee-san (FB3)", I think. kiyo -.- .. -.-- --- -.-- ..- -.- .. -.- .. ... .. -- --- - --- Kiyoyuki Kisimoto /+81-298-61-3597(tel),-3589(fax)/ Marine Geology Dept., Japan Geological Survey 1-1-3, Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8567 JAPAN .-- . .-.. --- ...- . --. . --- .-.. --- --. -.--