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From: jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: Re: smail pronounciation
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Date: Sat, 21-Feb-87 15:23:04 EST
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Summary: Jordan's guide to pronunciation
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Bob Page <page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> writes:

	How do you say 'vi'?

"vee-eye"

	'rn'?

"are-enn"

	'rm'?

"are-emm"

	'mv'?

"move"

	(how do you say 'gatech'? 'cbosgd'?)

"gay-tech" ... "see bogosity" (apologies to Erik Fair) ...

... and one I got strange looks about from people at Bellcore ...

	'ioctl()'

"eye-octal" (some say "I/O control" ...)

/jordan