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From: ask@cbnews.ATT.COM (Arthur S. Kamlet)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How do you tell a wizard?
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Date: 4 Dec 89 21:13:45 GMT
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In article <917@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu writes:
>From article <955@umb.umb.edu>, by campbell@umb.umb.edu (Jim Campbell):
>> Some years ago, I saw a description of how to tell the
>> level of the individual with respect ot their UNIX knowledge.
>> ie:  NOVICE:
>>      Calls vi vye
>>      etc
>
>I have *never* heard *anyone* call "vi" vee-eye.  Including wizards.
>
>Paul DuBois
>dubois@primate.wisc.edu

I have a copy of a paper written by Bill Joy (Revised for Versions
3.5/2.13) by Mark Horton, dated 9-16-80:

"This document provides a quick introduction to vi. (Pronounced
vee-eye.)"
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This is a quote from the monthly "Most frequently asked questions"
article for December:

< [Last changed: $Date: 89/12/01 14:50:10 $ by $Author: sahayman $]

< This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
< often seen in comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards.  Please don't
< ask these questions again, they've been answered plenty of times
< already - and please don't flame someone just because they may not have
< read this particular posting.  Thank you.

< This article includes answers to:
< ...

< 19) How do I pronounce "vi" , or "!", or "/*", or ...?

    You can start a very long and pointless discussion by wondering
    about this topic on the net.  Some people say "vye", some say
    "vee-eye" (the vi manual suggests this) and some Roman numerologists
    say "six".  How you pronounce "vi" has nothing to do with whether
    or not you are a true Unix wizard.
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Art Kamlet  a_s_kamlet@att.com  AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus