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From: frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Pronunciations (was: And how do you pronounce "csh"?)
Message-ID: <2002@zen.co.uk>
Date: 29 Oct 89 15:23:38 GMT
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On this naming business, I had a theory years ago that the names of
the editors ex, vi and sed were a pun on the notion that they were the
last words in editing: hence the pronunciation of their names as sounding
like the last letters of the alphabet (needs an English accent to work).
Consequently, my normal pronunciations of them are: eks, vy and sehd.
Isn't logic wonderful, especially when it's wrong?

Some other local "sayings":

        MS-DOS            Domesdos  (something we put down toilets here)
        FIONREAD          eff-eye-oh-en-read (logical); fyonread (quick)
        FIOGSAIOOWN       huh?

In article <2106@se-sd.NCR.COM> rns@se-sd.NCR.COM (Rick Schubert) writes:
>Now a real wizard test: How do you pronounce Kernighan?

"Sir."

Now, how do you pronounce Knuth?
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Frank Wales, Systems Manager,        [frank@zen.co.uk<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank]
Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x217