From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 30 10:41:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu (resnet.resnet.uconn.edu [137.99.156.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C79437B401 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:41:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:39:32 -0500 Message-ID: <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EE6@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu> From: Peter Lai To: 'Alfred Perlstein ' , 'David Talkington ' Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG '" Subject: RE: Pronunciations Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:39:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG peeco because "pico" is the SI prefix for 10^-12 and is pronouncied in good greek,latin,and french as "peeco" -----Original Message----- From: Alfred Perlstein To: David Talkington Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sent: 11/30/2000 1:39 PM Subject: Re: Pronunciations * David Talkington [001130 09:47] wrote: > -----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? fib, sin and why the hell are you using pico? :) (peeco actually) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." 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