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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
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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

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