Re: "Hello Earth!"

[IEDSRI@aol.com]

Samantha writes:

 > At the end of the first spoken syllable is a hard sound, 
 > sounds to me like a "d" or "t" sound, and could not 
 > possibly be the soft "l" in "hello"  What do you all think?

Well, IED knows what sounds you're talking about;
you've described them very accurately.  Nevertheless, 
his ears still hear them clearly as "hello" -- spoken through
a very static-y long-range radio transmitter, hence the 
sputtery sound of the words.  Anyone?

-- Andrew Marvick (IED)
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