clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon) (09/14/90)
While we're on the topic of pronunciation, how do you guys think
pico should be pronounced? P-EEE-CO or P-EYE-CO. I've heard both.
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lemsys!clemon@xenitec.on.ca or ....!{uunet}!watmath!xenitec!lemsys!clemonjohn@qip.UUCP (John Moore) (09/14/90)
In article <02444.AA02444@lemsys.UUCP> clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon) writes:
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] While we're on the topic of pronunciation, how do you guys think
]pico should be pronounced? P-EEE-CO or P-EYE-CO. I've heard both.
EE's say P-EEE-CO, farmers say P-EYE-CO ;-)
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In article <4531@qip.UUCP>, john@qip.UUCP (John Moore) writes: > EE's say P-EEE-CO, farmers say P-EYE-CO ;-) Also, residents of Los Angeles say "P-EEE-CO" (the name of a prominent street, immortalized in the song "Pico and Sepulveda", as heard on the Dr. Demento radio show). Don't forget, Pico means "tiny" in Spanish (Latin, too?) -- Paul M. Elliott Optilink Corporation (707) 795-9444 {uunet, pyramid, tekbspa}!optilink!elliott "an archetypal entity..., superimposed on our culture by a cosmic template."
rph@sq.sq.com (Pontus Hedman (VE3RPH)) (09/21/90)
john@qip.UUCP (John Moore) writes: >In article <02444.AA02444@lemsys.UUCP> clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon) writes: >]how pico should be pronounced? P-EEE-CO or P-EYE-CO. I've heard both. >EE's say P-EEE-CO, farmers say P-EYE-CO ;-) >-- >John Moore HAM:NJ7E/CAP:T-Bird 381 {ames!ncar!noao!asuvax,mcdphx}!anasaz!john If you're talking picofarads (about the only picos you'll find in electronics), they were always called a "pikes" in my TV tech days. Microfarads, of course, were "mikes"... -- Pontus Hedman rph@sq.com {uunet|utzoo}!sq!rph VE3RPH (416) 963-8337 "...so likes if we sticks in dis 4700-piker here dat should stop dem osculations troo dat rectum-frier in the power supply wouldnchasay joe?"
roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) (09/22/90)
rph@sq.sq.com (Pontus Hedman (VE3RPH)) writes: > If you're talking picofarads (about the only picos you'll find in > electronics), they were always called a "pikes" in my TV tech days. I always pronounced pF as "puff", as in "try putting 100 puff in there and see it stops oscillating". uF were indeed "mikes". I once saw a schematic with nF on it for nano-farads. Had me so confused, I tracked down the guy who drew the drawing and made sure it wasn't a typo. -- Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu -OR- {att,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy "Arcane? Did you say arcane? It wouldn't be Unix if it wasn't arcane!"
roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) (09/22/90)
rph@sq.sq.com (Pontus Hedman (VE3RPH)) writes: > If you're talking picofarads (about the only picos you'll find in > electronics), they were always called a "pikes" in my TV tech days. We always pronounced pF as "puff", as in "try putting 100 puff in there and see it stops oscillating". uF were indeed "mikes". Don't know why they weren't "muff", since that would have made for lots of bad sexist jokes. I once saw a schematic with nF on it for nano-farads. Had me so confused, I tracked down the guy who drew the drawing and made sure it wasn't a typo. -- Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu -OR- {att,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy "Arcane? Did you say arcane? It wouldn't be Unix if it wasn't arcane!"