how can i thank you, iain.

you are right. as in your reply... i used to pronouce it 'shE bang'.
lang=ja_JP( "HAZUKASHII NAaaaaa. ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU. MATA, IROIRO OSHIETE
KUDASAI NE." )

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<contact medium="email">tshiget1 / gw.nsw.co.jp</contact>
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<hail>resistance is futile.</hail>


> 
> 
> SHIGETOMI, Takuhiko wrote:
> > greetings, James.
> > 
> > your information has made my eyes open wider.
> > 
> > 
> >>shebang /sh*-bang/ n. 
> > 
> > 
> > this regexp means that it has some variety of expressions or dialects,
> > right?  intriguing :-)
> > 
> 
> i think that's actually a pronunciation guideline. so that just means 
> that you don't really pronounce the 'e', just sh'bang, not sheee bang
> 
> iain