From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5219 invoked from network); 25 Jul 2022 09:49:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 25 Jul 2022 09:49:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1633406DA; Mon, 25 Jul 2022 19:49:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lf1-f47.google.com (mail-lf1-f47.google.com [209.85.167.47]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A34D40036 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2022 19:48:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lf1-f47.google.com with SMTP id t17so4944574lfk.0 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2022 02:48:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject:content-language:to :references:from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4DlPKzCo4Lspl2zpRrgGuvNyOXhRWQbc9krxcDeQldc=; b=mJwyM7Jn0tP+4cqTJkf/BxLJECe4hf0HQzS2BOpvfHWGp29Xu3SzhKplDHCQcSw9+G WgFfmx23V/WdUHuO44YgvHYzfTNppPWoCjMLQ8dK9kYoS411Ad+son4JTclkng51znFg F6MIrON88T1XZHTyE0M1A11YbBFoS2RWeXzjncok0c0M+1OKjtwX3FYRQSGGHC8SYbto ONMtd8Ei9K/P5bacAmzMP8a1rehQo4/s58JB/xUtLIf//HaGXv0xvihvDCaC/Q7OlBm7 YS5rPriSam66o00lQjZtqRhVBmAaAhgJ+/ENo9aKxm3ugxg2Pg88VMxle6zJmf34zVKV 9a0A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4DlPKzCo4Lspl2zpRrgGuvNyOXhRWQbc9krxcDeQldc=; b=a8698Ww0dkeYFk5BCGVToFF5oi/xBOW8cQz1jmTqEb5m3F+M8ujJ/t+vVSQMjK4wvY NibZKi6/O+/npklEkM5h+q/rZTzjN3IfqfpHfaL5R5giqvbORnCMqRwI5j3NtDlvfrhk gc/xEYH8/t3DgzONNdc1e+tCt98QK+F4B7sGH7CzPUZcMUdjeJLVoGP/bdShM5nUknmS MiGT9VftvW7FBPoERJgwqSjh8uaHgd5z2cR94LErJnoL00um5GxrmkSgzP4Bkq6OvNhp sExlSpXn3WgSLTxagFGqtstLoCbb/92qQ95tL85pg52RfOf3G7CmYv8wmBCrQnX1bXh4 qdbA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora+OUsgnlYPqqRpgQQr1LZiwU8l59NnZfZWEwfjyg1SHnUCovpAF v0CldnF98m7gvGTnUvWB0r7wxMWnrik= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1vU8KZ6WzSecszhjYTDHIPrauamAcD8PXvanzpmaZ9YaNOnh0pCjlM2HscTDKg5cCCD/ZENtg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:2350:b0:48a:794b:382 with SMTP id p16-20020a056512235000b0048a794b0382mr4073452lfu.185.1658742475549; Mon, 25 Jul 2022 02:47:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.162] (236.51-175-223.customer.lyse.net. [51.175.223.236]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id v13-20020a2ea44d000000b0025d4b372d5esm2630198ljn.126.2022.07.25.02.47.54 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 25 Jul 2022 02:47:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1a0f8f01-3a23-46f3-329a-6511e308b4d1@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:47:51 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.9.0 Content-Language: en-US To: coff@tuhs.org References: <38805096-4f49-884c-8896-a1cfcf433b43@riddermarkfarm.ca> From: Harald Arnesen In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID-Hash: T4VLO6ILNJ46BCN4BHURFQL5BFOC2O6B X-Message-ID-Hash: T4VLO6ILNJ46BCN4BHURFQL5BFOC2O6B X-MailFrom: skogtun@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: Awk, not Kaw? List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Dan Cross [25/07/2022 02.33]: > `akw` seems like the most promising alternative, for > no other reason than that the initials are alphabetized. > `kaw` feels a bit silly, sounding like the noise that a > crow makes. > > I suspect "awk" was the closest to pronounceable > without seeming unduly goofy. Whether a crow cries "kaw" or "awk" is open to discussion...in Norwegian, it says "kra". I have always thought the name was a play on the bird "auk". The Book even has a picture of this creature on the cover. -- Hilsen Harald