Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:31:19 -0500 From: Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu> To: 'David Talkington ' <dtalk@prairienet.org>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org '" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Pronunciations Message-ID: <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EE4@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu>
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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
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