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 Subject: RE: What does Atari mean?
Author: Gregory Krohne (ip68-1-146-130.mc.at.cox.net)
Date:   02-18-2003 04:56

A radio station in Atlanta just had a contest on this very question this evening. Atari means "you win" in Japanese kanji.
http://www.rygar.info/rumor.htm
http://www.sakuraarchives.com/faqs/lipsguide_kohran.txt
If that last link doesn't load, try the Google cached version:
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:W6LVC6qgcP0C:www.sakuraarchives.com/faqs/lipsguide_kohran.txt+atari+meaning+japanese+%22you+win%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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 What does Atari mean? new Ivanski 06-20-2002 20:11 
 RE: What does Atari mean? new Ragstaff 06-25-2002 15:31 
 RE: What does Atari mean? new spondit 07-29-2002 10:22 
 RE: What does Atari mean? new joshi 10-03-2002 08:48 
 RE: What does Atari mean? new Brad 10-19-2002 19:13 
 RE: What does Atari mean?  Gregory Krohne 02-18-2003 04:56 

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