Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:33:43 -0700 From: underway@comcast.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Massimiliano Stucchi <max@willystudios.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spelling Message-ID: <c4wuc4d6o8.uc4@mail.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20030919164821.2b1d18d1.max@willystudios.com> (Massimiliano Stucchi's message of "Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:48:21 %2B0200") References: <20030919164821.2b1d18d1.max@willystudios.com>
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Massimiliano Stucchi <max@willystudios.com> writes: ... > thought it had to be, say (freebeastie) as I had read about. The fact ... > So, what's the correct way to say it ? ;) Even if it was supposed to be "freebeastie", most Americans would unconsciously "round" the "t" so it would be more like "free beese dee" (accent on "beese"), but AFAIK, everyone says "FreeBSD" with four syllables: "free be ese dee" (accent on "dee", but not much), even when they say it real fast. I'm guessing that "BSD" led some BSD pioneer to think "beastie" which he connected with processes already called daemons, and he thought it would make for a good mascot.
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