Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 08:52:17 -0800 From: Chameleon <swen@wavefire.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Pronunciations Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20001201085118.03ea4c60@mail.wavefire.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001130153224.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1001130173532.96910E-100000@localhost>
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At 03:32 PM 11/30/00, John Baldwin wrote: >On 30-Nov-00 Chris Hill wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > >> /etc "etcetera" (some reprobates say E T C) > > > > Some even worse reprobates (myself included) say ET-see. > >I prefer ET-see as well. > > >> Or "#" > >> > >> The English say "hash", some australians say "crunch" > >> Americans says (bizarrely) "pound" .. yes yes I know why :) > > > > And there are always the pedants who say "octothorpe." > > > > What about ~? In grade school I learned that it was pronounced "TIL-duh" > > but I have a friend who calls it "TIL-day." > >I say TIL-day, but I'm just a youngin' :) i'm just a youngin too, but i've always said TIL-dee Swen >-- > >John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ >PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc >"Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines" -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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