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Date:      Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:52:09 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Alex.Wilkinson@senet.com.au
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pronunciation
Message-ID:  <20010430095209.C75345@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104300942510.2378-100000@pine.senet.com.au>; from valex@senet.com.au on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:45:36AM %2B0930
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104300942510.2378-100000@pine.senet.com.au>

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On Monday, 30 April 2001 at  9:45:36 +0930, Alex Wilkinson wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Could anyone refer to a paper that specifies correct UNIX pronunciation.
> eg. The correct pronunciation of /etc /usr tyy ptty.....and so on.

*sigh* 

/me waits for the thread from hell to develop.

Here are mine:

/etc	  ETSI or etcetera, depending on how I'm feeling.
/usr      User

tyy ptty  Don't know these ones.  If you mean tty and pty,

tty	  Titty
pty	  Pity

Greg
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