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From: uusgta@sw1e.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: smail pronounciation
Message-ID: <493@sw1e.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Mar-87 19:45:09 EST
Article-I.D.: sw1e.493
Posted: Sun Mar  8 19:45:09 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Mar-87 04:30:39 EST
Organization: Southwestern Bell Telco GHQ St. Louis, MO
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Summary: Geez, what passion a few symbols excite.

I've been watching the storm but feel compelled to jump in now.  As was
earlier stated "language is a form of communications".  As such, standards
are formed and defended.  A virgule is a trivia question, not a *current*
form of communication.  Defense of obsolete, though correct nomenclature
is no more or less reasonable than support of obsolete theology, languages,
or operating systems.  When enough people agree the standards change. 
What is different here is that the standard board of publication is the (a)
dictionary.  Websters (I expect) has  little representation in this forum.
We all use the term most likely to provoke recognition.  Perhaps what should
be done is to publish those terms in *this* forum, in a clear, democratic
compendium? eh?

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#			---Tom Adams---
# {bellcore,ihnp4}!sw1e!uusgta	St. Louis MO	314-235-4237
# Opinions expressed here are mine, not those of Southwestern Bell Telephone