Hi alexander -- on Dec 11 2013 at 10:40, you wrote:

ak>    [Do you know Winamp,  a media player?] or [Do you know a media
ak> player called Winamp?]

I like these versions - they leave the door open to the concept that there
is more than one media player but you want to talk about a particular one
(Winamp).

ak>    In Russia WinAmp player a very popular software to play  mp3
ak> tracks. Do you  know  that  many  Russian  fidonet  folks  (when
ak> writing  their messages) use a special plugin which adds a line  at
ak> the  bottom  of  a message which says that "now my Winamp plays
ak> xxxx.mp3" It looks cool. If they don't listen to music  the  last
ak> line  will  be  like  this:  "np: [silence]... (Winamp is not
ak> active)" ;-)

Yes, there's a few people in North America who do that, but I think the
habit has pretty well died out.


Cheers... Dallas

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