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From: jona@clyde.UUCP
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Subject: Re: smail pronounciation
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Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 07:56:51 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 25 07:56:51 1987
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>I heard a guy from Talaris pronounce "tdl" as "tibble". Anyone else ever
>heard this?

Are you sure it wasn't 'tbl' - everyone here pronounces that as "tibble".

Given that "Email" is generally pronounced 'ee mail' I found I prefer
ess-mail to smail ryhming with snail.

I always pronunce the '#' sign as a 'pound' sign - that is one of its
meanings and it is quicker to say than 'number' - besides, who ever
heard of 'number-define (== #define) - everyone here says 'pound-define'.

an @ sign is just that - an 'at' sign.

for ioctl() we say i-o-cottel.

It seems to be a toss-up between lib (short i) and libe (long i) for
slash lib (/lib).

for troff and nroff I've generally heard tee-roff and en-roff which is
at least consistant.

Oh well, goes to show that nothing in Un*x is consistant.