Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:51:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Marino Ladavac <lada@pc8811.gud.siemens.at> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Subject: Re: sub Message-ID: <XFMail.980825085143.lada@pc8811.gud.siemens.at> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980824224751.3496A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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On 24-Aug-98 Jason C. Wells wrote:
>
> I think has to do with some sort of physics. Weber has the unit of
> magnetic flux named in his honor. weber = tesla * m^2. I have always
> called it Webber, but I also call Linux Line-ux. It is one of those things
^^^^^^Closer, but no cigar :)
> I have only read and have never heard spoken by anyone who really knows
> what is what.
Unless my mind is failing worse than I'm ready to admit, Herr Weber was a
German, thus the pronunciation could be transliterated Veh-bah, with a long
eh sound.
/Marino
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