Thanks to google:
Not to forget about Mata Hari (1876-1917) who became quite famous.
Mata Hari is actually a malaysian expression for "eye of the day"...
On Apr 7, 2005 4:57 PM, Max <[email protected]> wrote:
> yes, means kills... but perhaps in Uruguay you can interpret like a
> wonderfull too...
>
> On Apr 6, 2005 12:49 PM, FEIVESON, ALAN H. (AL) (JSC-SK) (NASA)
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm curious to know the reaction of Spanish speakers to this name - doesn't
> > "mata" mean "kills" in Spanish?
> >
> > AL F.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Elizabeth
> > Allred
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:00 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: st: RE: Stata 9 Mata question
> >
> > Well, if it's may-trix then may-ta?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Ender
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:16 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: st: Stata 9 Mata question
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm sure that the most important question concerning Mata
> > > will be how to pronounce it correctly. Do we follow the
> > > standard Stata pronunciation rule and pronounce the same as
> > > data? Or does it have a specific pronunciation all of its own?
> > >
> > >
> > > Phil Ender
> > > UCLA Department of Education
> > > UCLA Academic Technology Services
> > >
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