From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-04-07T11:32:21+09:00
Subject: [OT] Re: Where does the name Rite come from?

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: Where does the name Rite come from?"
>     on 04/04/07, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> writes:
> 
> |Is the 'R' vs. 'L' intentional (like Rinda), or accidental?
> 
> Intentional.  We are making fun of ourselves.

To quote from _Lost in Translation_, Scarlett Johansson's character
talking to Bill Murray's character:

  "Why do they switch their Ls and Rs here?"
  "Just for yuks. Kinda mix things up a little. They need to laugh,
   and we're not entertaining them..."


Cheers,
Hal