From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2006-11-08T15:33:18+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] the name of Matz Hi, In message "Re: [OT] the name of Matz" on Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:10:43 +0900, Devin Mullins writes: |> Just call me Matz. |Question: When spoken, should it be 'a' as in "hats" or 'a' as in "blah" |(or, oh, say, "Matsumoto")? Ah, I was asked same question at the last RubyConf. The official answer is "I don't care" (note: Japanese has only 5 vowels). English speakers seem to use the former. matz.