Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:19:22 -0500 From: "Passki, Jonathan P" <jpasski@kpmg.com> To: "'Peter Lai'" <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu>, "'David Talkington '" <dtalk@prairienet.org>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org '" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Pronunciations Message-ID: <7799D023E51ED311BFB50008C75DD7B402881B07@uschiexc05.kweb.us.kpmg.com>
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Yes, us lazy Americans hate that 'ou' thing the Brits try to always interject, like 'colour' and 'valour.' Also, why can't the Brits us an occasional 'z' in their words; initialize, serialize, and other words like them just look cool w/ the 'z' in them, not that 's' substitution the Brits use. Here's another good one, though: /etc Some people pronounce it like its root word, etcetera, which is grammatically correct, since etcetera is abbreviated like "etc." Others say it like "et-sEE." What's the better one? > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Lai [mailto:PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu] > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 12:31 > To: 'David Talkington '; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ' > Subject: RE: Pronunciations > > > well, if you want to do a linguistical analysis on it: > > /lib is where you find "libs" (the i is short, ryhmes with > "fibs"). However > "libs" is derived from "lIbraries", which rhymes with "vIbe". > since "/lib" is a descendant of "libs" which is an altered > descendent of > "lIbraries" you should be able to pronounce "libs" with the short i. > i mean, you would prononounce "GTK-libs" as ryhming with "fibs" so why > wouldn't you do the same with "slash-lib". > > /bin is the place where you find "bInaries". but then you can > say it's the > "bin where you find programs". refer to eric s. raymond's > hackers jargon > dictionary. So linguistically it would make sense for you to pronounce > "/bIn" with the long vowel. But, americans are `lazy' and it > takes less > energy to say the short vowel. > > i mean, "missiles" can be pronounced "missels" or "missILes", > the former > being the american prounouciation and the latter, the british method. > > more questions: how the heck do you pronounce "/src"? > -----Original Message----- > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sent: 11/30/2000 12:47 PM > Subject: Pronunciations > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Salutations. > > There is disagreement on these points among even knowledgeable people > in my office. I'll cast it to the list and let the chips fall where > they may. (There's no money on it.) > > /lib rhymes with "fib" or "vibe"? > /bin rhymes with "sin" or "whine"? > peeco or pyco? > > I don't have to argue about GNU or Linux, because there are FAQs to > back me up. On the above, however, I can find no controlling > authority. Please guide us on our path to righteousness. > > Cheers! -d > > - -- > David Talkington > Community Networking Initiative > dtalk@prairienet.org > 217-244-1962 > > PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/dt000823.asc > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.8 > Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > > iQEVAwUBOiaSo71ZYOtSwT+tAQF1XQf/T6cIFBNe9FDwc3GH1BcL0h7vir9ddVYQ > 18JmEFOW0UiUctgVsipysposcOBM4J71cUzyoHFt5NOtE8fRwCv8LWoZh/b7Vqmk > y0/NIWSgarAKFNljCdwxLYj9qK0UIxq5e/1yeyFTwy/qh9AFIH1/8FNFCMK8xIte > k8EPaad4vayLbc4haBlpwd+h4kih1njNHvMISR4j1fCydr2PK5NIvINj6svK/ltl > Pc2nQ6/TUo01AbslIjIszW8n1zRsDpBaAnQwIT2WVUOly49StI5jty4FMk8WwRVW > bscKg2+Ahoc3+3W0OiRXSaAvHRUeut4zHTuoiF8V3rvMUx93RBdTcQ== > =CWDY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ***************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. ***************************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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