Message no. 1

From:	Iridios iridios@*********.com
Subject:	Nuyen (Was Re: PhysAd Power's nature (was Re: A master theif))
Date:	Mon, 03 May 1999 16:40:48 -0400

Jordan wrote:

> P.S. How does one pronounce nuyen (¥). Is it
> new-yen, n-yen, or just yen? I had always taken it to
> be new-yen, but a player spoke up a few days ago and
> said that he found out (didn't say where from) that it
> was just yen. Anyone have the 'chip-truth' to this?
> Or, baring that, FASA's pronunciation of it?

I pronounce it noo-yen. Yen (which also has the ¥ as it's symbol) is
the current name for Japanese currency (AFAIK). With Nuyen, it seems
to be implied that the Japanese economy in SR has gone through some
form of major reformation thus and update or new yen.

This is however, all in my opinion.

--
Iridios
"God does not roll dice"
-Albert Einstein