Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 21:22:52 -0500 From: Eric Rivas <rivas45@sprintmail.com> To: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> Cc: Brian Beattie <beattie@aracnet.com>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG '" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Pronunciations Message-ID: <3A285CFC.29F936AA@sprintmail.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012021252560.30136-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>
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Andy Farkas wrote:
>
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Brian Beattie wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> > > Brian Beattie wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Chris Hill wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > What about ~? In grade school I learned that it was pronounced "TIL-duh"
> > > > > but I have a friend who calls it "TIL-day."
> > > >
> > > > twiddle
> > >
> > > A twiddle is the little spinning ascii icon {/-\|/-...}, like the one that the
> > > boot loader uses. At least I think its the boot loader, haven't had to reboot in
> > > a while. :)
> > >
> > No you are wrong
>
> The spinning thingy is called a "propeller".
No, it's a twirling baton.
>
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