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From: Edwin <e.tenbrink@student.utwente.nl>
Subject: Re: [REQUEST] Ying Yang
Date: 1997/05/06
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Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> 
> Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> >
> > joris bellenger (svzanten@xs4all.nl) wrote:
> > > Samurai Dragon wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dan Larkin wrote:
> > > > > Just curious....
> > > > > Isn't it "yinyang"?
> Hmmm... lets see what the majority thinks... but I *don't* mean by
> "voting" here at alt.ascii-art or by bombing my mail box! I mean, lets
> see how many answers Alta Vista gives on some possible spellings:
> 
> yin yan         71
> yin yang        5000
> ying yan        53
> ying yang       800
> 
> yin and yan     18
> yin and yang    500
> ying and yan    1
> ying and yang   100
> 
> yinyan          272
> yinyang         6549
> yingyan         12
> yingyang        1305
> 
> Well, it looks as if a clear winner is "yin" combined with "yang",
> followed by "ying" combined with "yang". This is not an absolute result,
> only a measurement of how the people on the web seem to consider these
> words should be spelled.

Conclusion is that it is quite controversial and we really shouldn't
start a discussion over it. ;-) Lets leave it some yin yang newsgroup.
;-)

Edwin