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From: mitch@arcturus.UUCP (Mitchell S. Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Pronunciations (was: And how do you pronounce "csh"?)
Message-ID: <6493@arcturus>
Date: 14 Nov 89 20:31:19 GMT
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hulsebos@ehvie0.tq.ine.philips.nl (rob hulsebos) writes:

>In article <0400.AA0400@dcpc> dc@dcpc.UUCP (Don Curtis) writes:

>Since we're now going to C, I would be interested to know how others
>pronounce hexadecimal numbers like "0xFEB2".
>Most people I know just spell it "f-e-b-two". But why not pronounce it
>like any other number "f-thousand e-hundred and b-ty two".
>Or "F00" something like "f-teen hundred".

	
	Because it breaks down on a very simple example:

		0xa5

	"A-ty five"???  I don't think so.  :^)

	Mitch (@arcturus.uucp)

HARDLY what ANYONE would call a unix.wizard, I've even stunned _myself_
with my temerity at posting here!!  :^):^):^)