[Haskell-cafe] Monad pronounced like gonad?

[Andrew Coppin]

>> ->
>
> "to"
>
>> <-
>
> "from", or "drawn from" for list comprehensions.
>
>> []
>
> "nil"

More curiosely, that (>>=) function. Why is the Haskell name for it 
(>>=), and why is it pronounced "bind"? Neither of these choices make a 
lot of sense to me...

> In reality, if you want to talk Haskell and are in person, grab a
> whiteboard. If you are over IRC or email, don't worry.

True...