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From: stirling@fortune.UUCP
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Subject: Re: smail pronounciation
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Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 19:34:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 24 19:34:08 1987
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I thought I'd clutter up the net with my ideas on pronumciation of various
UN!X terms:

! - bang (USA), shriek (UK), exclamation mark
@ - at sign
# - pound sign, number sign (USA), hash (UK)
^ - carat, up arrow
* - star, asterisk
( - paren (USA), bracket (UK)
{ - curly bracket (anywhere), brace (UK)
[ - bracket (USA), square bracket (UK)
~ - tilde, squiggle (me)
. - dot
_ - underbar, sub

I think the rest are obvious. Note the opportunity for Us/UK misunderstandings
with brackets! Generally I spell out commands (eg ceepee, emvee etc) unless
they're obvioulsy pronounceable (eg tar, mount, T-roff). One poster said that
he pronounced vi as veye as in inVIsible - but to me the i there is as in pig
not hide! I say vee-eye. Enough said.
patrick
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