daveb@rtech.UUCP (02/19/87)
At USENIX, I ran into a number of people talking about installing
something they called, "Ess Mail", two words. "How quaint," I thought,
and when I told Chris Seiwald, the first author, he chuckled too.
As pronounced in our office, smail rhymes with snail, using the same "sm"
sound in "small smile."
Just thought you'd like to know.
-dB
--
If it worked, we wouldn't call it high tech.
{amdahl, sun, mtxinu, cbosgd}!rtech!davebpage@ulowell.UUCP (02/20/87)
daveb@rtech.UUCP (Dave Brower) wrote in article <667@rtech.UUCP>: > smail rhymes with snail, using the same "sm" sound in "small smile." This is interesting (even though it is in comp.mail.uucp), since everyone I know calls it Ess Mail. It reminds me of Day Ta vs Dah Ta, or the way Doug Comer says 'XINU' vs the way Ed Gould says it. In the art world (is a program 'art'? What is 'art'?), there is a saying: Once you release a work, the interpretation is no longer yours, but belongs to the public. (Conceptually! No flames about Copyrights!) How do you say 'vi'? 'rn'? 'Usenet'? 'rm'? 'mv'? Should spaf (how do you say 'gatech'? 'cbosgd'?) put out a Usenet Guide to Pronunciation? :-) Thanks Dave (how do you say 'Brower'?), for a little humor in Usenet. Things *have* been a bit heavy lately, no? ..Bob >If it worked, we wouldn't call it high tech. Is this just your view of the world, or does 'we' mean RTI? ;-) -- Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept. ulowell!page, page@ulowell.CSNET
jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (02/21/87)
Bob Page <page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> writes:
How do you say 'vi'?
"vee-eye"
'rn'?
"are-enn"
'rm'?
"are-emm"
'mv'?
"move"
(how do you say 'gatech'? 'cbosgd'?)
"gay-tech" ... "see bogosity" (apologies to Erik Fair) ...
... and one I got strange looks about from people at Bellcore ...
'ioctl()'
"eye-octal" (some say "I/O control" ...)
/jordanmark@cbosgd.UUCP (02/22/87)
In article <17481@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Jordan Hayes) writes: >Bob Page <page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> writes: > > How do you say 'vi'? > >"vee-eye" This is, of course, the correct way, although many people incorrectly say "vye". But I'll never forget the person who pronounced it "six" > (how do you say 'cbosgd'?) > >... "see bogosity" (apologies to Erik Fair) ... Ernie Rice calls it "Osgood". Locally, we generally say "Oh Ess Jee Dee", or sometimes just "Dee". By the way, cbatt is "see-bat". Mark
campbell@maynard.UUCP (02/23/87)
In article <17481@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Jordan Hayes) writes: >... and one I got strange looks about from people at Bellcore ... > > 'ioctl()' > >"eye-octal" (some say "I/O control" ...) I say "eye-oh-cuttle". -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. Internet: campbell@maynard.uucp 120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109 uucp: {alliant,wjh12}!maynard!campbell +1 617 367 6846 ARPA: campbell%maynard.uucp@harvisr.harvard.edu MCI: LCAMPBELL
randy@chinet.UUCP (02/23/87)
In article <17481@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Jordan Hayes) writes: >Bob Page <page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> writes: > > How do you say 'vi'? > >"vee-eye" And, according to Lauren, uucico? yu yu chiko. -- .. that's the biz, sweetheart... Randy Suess chinet - Public Access UN*X (312) 545 7535 (h) (312) 283 0559 (system) ..!ihnp4!chinet!randy
allbery@ncoast.UUCP (02/26/87)
As quoted from <17481@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> by jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Jordan Hayes): +--------------- | Bob Page <page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> writes: | | (how do you say 'gatech'? 'cbosgd'?) | | "gay-tech" ... "see bogosity" (apologies to Erik Fair) ... +--------------- "gay-tech" "see-boz-giddy" +--------------- | ... and one I got strange looks about from people at Bellcore ... | | 'ioctl()' | | "eye-octal" (some say "I/O control" ...) +--------------- "eye-oh-kittil" -- ++Brandon (Resident Elf @ ncoast.UUCP) ____ ______________ / \ / __ __ __ \ Brandon S. Allbery <backbone>!ncoast!allbery ___ | /__> / \ / \ aXcess Co., Consulting ncoast!allbery@Case.CSNET / \ | | `--, `--, 6615 Center St. #A1-105 (...@relay.CS.NET) | | \__/ \__/ \__/ Mentor, OH 44060-4101 \____/ \______________/ +1 216 974 9210
raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (02/27/87)
In article <1112@chinet.UUCP> randy@chinet.UUCP (Randy Suess) writes: >> >> How do you say 'vi'? >> >>"vee-eye" > > And, according to Lauren, uucico? > yu yu chiko. Enough with this "xxx pronounciation". -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Raanan Herrmann (...!delftcc,phri!bc-cis!raanan)