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   
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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