Re: This can't be true...

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <1hebjf9.10ohgzb1kxg1ymN%bieling@terra.es>,
 bieling@terra.es (Jorge Chamorro) wrote:

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> Article ID: 5508

Why can't it? It's absolute fact. And based on the tag at the end, it 
looks like it might even be "directly from the mouth of Apple Inc."


You say 'toemaytoe', I say 'tuhmahtoh', that guy over there says 
'tuhmayter', and the gal across the hall says "termaytuh"- Everybody's 
talking about the same, usually more-or-less round, frequently red 
veggie that gets turned into ketchup (or catsup, if you prefer) paste, 
and/or spaghetti sauce, just saying it different.

Same thing with the Apple video signal and the NTSC standard - NTSC 
specifies "toemaytoe", but Apple video says "tuhmayter".

Whether any particular NTSC device understands or not depends on whether 
that device is "a snob" (Expects, and will only respond to, the perfect 
"Toe-mah-toe" pronunciation) or if it's a "Regular Joe" that hears 
anything from "toe-may-toe" to "termater" and goes "Oh, you want a 
tomato!" and hands you one

Most devices are "Regular Joes", but particularly when you start messing 
around in the high-end gear, you're real likely to find "snobs" crawling 
out of the woodwork and starting to sing about the rain in spain falling 
mainly on the plain.

By jorge, I think he's got it! :) 

Sorry, just couldn't resist a little "My Fair Lady" word-play in this 
one, since it's so appropriate :)

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