Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:23:14 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Beattie <beattie@aracnet.com> To: "Passki, Jonathan P" <jpasski@kpmg.com> Cc: "'Peter Lai'" <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu>, "'David Talkington '" <dtalk@prairienet.org>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org '" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Pronunciations Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011301121030.31931-100000@shell1.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <7799D023E51ED311BFB50008C75DD7B402881B07@uschiexc05.kweb.us.kpmg.com>
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Passki, Jonathan P wrote:
> 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?
>
I'm glad you asked, this is infact one of the most complicated, since the
correct answer is of couse that one should randomize there use of thetwo
options using rand(3).
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