cg108fgj@ICOGSCI1.UCSD.EDU (Dennis Lou) (06/01/91)
I know that Agnes is female, but what is Agnus? Is it male or female? -- Dennis Lou || "But Yossarian, what if everyone thought that way?" dlou@ucsd.edu || "Then I'd be crazy to think any other way!" [backbone]!ucsd!dlou |+==================================================== dlou@ucsd.BITNET |Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak went to my high school.
pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) (06/03/91)
cg108fgj@ICOGSCI1.UCSD.EDU (Dennis Lou) writes: >I know that Agnes is female, but what is Agnus? >Is it male or female? Well. I don't know, but in Denmark girls can be named Agnes, and boys can be named Agnus. Have you observed, how many people refer to the 'Agnes chip' in these newsgroups? They call it Agnes instead of Agnus, so I'm a bit confused. -- From the notorious Jakob Gaardsted, Computer Science Department Bed og arbejd ! University of Aarhus, Jylland (!) (Pray and work!) AMIGA! pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk | I'd rather play Moria.
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (06/03/91)
In article <1991Jun2.184527.22985@daimi.aau.dk> pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) writes: >cg108fgj@ICOGSCI1.UCSD.EDU (Dennis Lou) writes: >>I know that Agnes is female, but what is Agnus? >>Is it male or female? > >Well. I don't know, but in Denmark girls can be named >Agnes, and boys can be named Agnus. Well, over the last 5 years I always saw it referenced as "Agnus", definitely male. But on the (older?) A500 boards it is marked as "Fat Lady". The term "Agnes" is from my memory the old name, as was "Portia" (female) the former name for "Paula" (also female, hmm). And the female "Denise" was in former times also referenced as "Denis" (male). It appears as if the case is yet not finally decided... >Have you observed, how many people refer to the 'Agnes >chip' in these newsgroups? They call it Agnes instead >of Agnus, so I'm a bit confused. Huh? Never saw that. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
ttr1415@helios.TAMU.EDU (Thom Robertson) (06/04/91)
Agnes?Agnus?Denise?Denis?... I don't care what anybody says, my Amiga
is NOT a faggot! Gender confusion? No way!
Amiga... it skips and jumps, it wears high heels,
suspenders and a bra...
( with apologies to Monty Python. :-) ) orovner@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Oleg Rovner) (06/04/91)
In article <16835@helios.TAMU.EDU> ttr1415@helios.TAMU.EDU (Thom Robertson) writes: > >Agnes?Agnus?Denise?Denis?... I don't care what anybody says, my Amiga >is NOT a faggot! Gender confusion? No way! > No, it is not, although its owner is an idiot. Just one politically incorrect, white heterosexual male's flame of a tactless homophobe. -- "One man's 'harsh and bitter truth' is another man's 'foolish and uninformed fiction'" -d.haynie
jms@vanth.UUCP (Jim Shaffer) (06/04/91)
In article <1991Jun2.184527.22985@daimi.aau.dk> pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) writes: > >Have you observed, how many people refer to the 'Agnes >chip' in these newsgroups? They call it Agnes instead >of Agnus, so I'm a bit confused. It's probably a case of people not taking the time to get it right, but there *is* a precedent for it. When the Amiga was announced, the custom chips weren't Agnus, Denise, and Paula. They were Agnes, Daphne, and Portia. At least it's been a while since anyone has spelled it "Angus"! -- * From the disk of: | jms@vanth.uucp | "You know I never knew Jim Shaffer, Jr. | amix.commodore.com!vanth!jms | that it could be so 37 Brook Street | uunet!cbmvax!amix!vanth!jms | strange..." Montgomery, PA 17752 | 72750.2335@compuserve.com | (R.E.M.)
tal@sdl.Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) (06/10/91)
In article <16835@helios.TAMU.EDU> ttr1415@helios.TAMU.EDU (Thom Robertson) writes: > Agnes?Agnus?Denise?Denis?... I don't care what anybody says, my Amiga > is NOT a faggot! Gender confusion? No way! Homosexuality and bisexuality are not the results of "gender confusion". I can recommend books on the topic if you would like. > Amiga... it skips and jumps, it wears high heels, > suspenders and a bra... > > ( with apologies to Monty Python. :-) ) How about apologies to the various Usenet readers that you just offended? Tom -- Tom Limoncelli -- tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Please discontinue use Mentor Graphics, Warren, New Joisey. of tlimonce@drew.{edu,bitnet}) STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY.