edelson@ils.nwu.edu (Daniel Choy Edelson) (08/23/90)
Now that CLOS is an accepted part of the CL standard, I am interested in adopting the standard pronunciation. However, I have heard "CLOS" pronounced several different ways. Is it: "closs" rhymes with "floss" "close" rhymes with "dose" or "see-loss" I will accept as the standard whatever pronunciation the X3J13 committee used. Would someone who was part of that process please enlighten me. Only half joking, Danny --------- Danny Edelson Institute for the Learning Sciences edelson@ils.nwu.edu Northwestern University
sam@esl.ESL.COM (Sam Hahn) (08/24/90)
In article <1459@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> you write: >Now that CLOS is an accepted part of the CL standard, I am interested >in adopting the standard pronunciation. However, I have heard "CLOS" >pronounced several different ways. > >Is it: >"closs" rhymes with "floss" ... >--------- >Danny Edelson Institute for the Learning Sciences >edelson@ils.nwu.edu Northwestern University CLOSS (floss). That's how we do it. We've never thought of it pronounced any other way. Nor is there a need. (B^:) -- Sam
epeterso@andrew.ATL.GE.COM (Eric Peterson) (08/25/90)
In-Reply-To: <1459@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> Kent Pitman of the X3J13 committee pronounces it "see-loss" and claims that it is the East coast way to say it. He says that Guy L. says it the same way. -Eric Peterson
ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) (08/29/90)
it's "see-loss"! -- Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU =============================================================================== Reliable software should kill people reliably! -Andy Mickel, Pascal News #13,78
art@bu-conx.bu.edu (A. R. Thompson) (08/30/90)
In article <RALPH.90Aug29172109@orion.laas.fr> ralph@laas.fr writes: |it's "see-loss"! CLOS, but no cigar.
ahlenius@motcid.UUCP (Mark Ahlenius) (08/30/90)
epeterso@andrew.ATL.GE.COM (Eric Peterson) writes: >In-Reply-To: <1459@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> >Kent Pitman of the X3J13 committee pronounces it "see-loss" and claims that it >is the East coast way to say it. He says that Guy L. says it the same way. At the recent AAAI-90 conference I attended a workshop on CLOS headed by Richard Gabriel and John L. White. They said that they pronounce it "see-loss". Seeing that they are a part of the CL community (in a big way) and that they also have had a big impact on the X3J13 committee, I tend to believe them. -- =============== regards 'mark ============================================= Mark Ahlenius voice:(708)-632-5346 email: uunet!motcid!ahleniusm Motorola Inc. fax: (708)-632-2413 Arlington, Hts. IL, USA 60004
jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) (09/05/90)
In article <4522@turquoise.UUCP> ahlenius@motcid.UUCP (Mark Ahlenius) writes: >>Kent Pitman of the X3J13 committee pronounces it "see-loss" and claims >>that it is the East coast way to say it. He says that Guy L. says it >>the same way. > >At the recent AAAI-90 conference I attended a workshop on CLOS headed by >Richard Gabriel and John L. White. They said that they pronounce it >"see-loss". Seeing that they are a part of the CL community (in a big way) >and that they also have had a big impact on the X3J13 committee, I tend >to believe them. Sigh. There is no correct way to pronounce "CLOS". You should, of course, believe RPG and JonL when they tell you how *they* pronounce it. No doubt they do pronounce it that way. Whether the other pronunciation is in some sense wrong is another matter. If you want to think of X3J13 as an authority, I can tell you that when I was a member both the "see loss" and the "rhymes with floss" versions were used. Both "east coast" and "think `C loss'" are semi-serious, semi-humourous justifications for "see loss". For what it's worth, "see loss" seemed to be more popular. It's also what I (usually) say. -- Jeff Jeff Dalton, JANET: J.Dalton@uk.ac.ed AI Applications Institute, ARPA: J.Dalton%uk.ac.ed@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Edinburgh University. UUCP: ...!ukc!ed.ac.uk!J.Dalton