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Old August 29th 05, 05:53 PM
Mike S.
 
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In article .com,
Pops wrote:
On a keyboard, the keys needed to type the word YUPITERU are all on the
same row.
As Gomer Pyle once said, "Makes ya thank."


Actually the origin of the brand name is equally fascinating. It is,
perhaps, related to the reason why a famous video game of the 1980's
involving a large monkey ended up being known to the English-speaking
world as DONKEY Kong.

"YUPITERU" is "JUPITER" transliterated into Japanese and then (badly) back
into English.