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From: james@mucs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: smail pronounciation
Message-ID: <918@mucs.ux.cs.man.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 06:33:52 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  2 06:33:52 1987
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Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK.
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Summary: # - Pound sign ???? when will the Americans learn

> 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'.
> 

This is a 'hash', a pound sign is something else !!!

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

i-oktel




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