From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 241da051 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:59:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C6CF89E9EE; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:59:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E5319E999; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:59:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D720A9E999; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:59:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7A229E982 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:59:13 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefriends.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id w6I3s2dB001829; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:54:02 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/submit) id w6I3s2Bl001828; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:54:02 GMT From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201807180354.w6I3s2Bl001828@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:54:02 -0600 To: ron@ronnatalie.com, arnold@skeeve.com References: <201807171320.w6HDKNTR023268@freefriends.org> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Speaking commands [Was: Bell System Technical Journal archive] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" That was Ken Thompson who said that. And indeed, in Plan 9 it's called "create". Arnold Ron Natalie wrote: > There was a quote going around where when asked if he would do anything differently, he said he’d put an e on the end of creat. I guess he was tire of people calling it Cree-at. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 17, 2018, at 8:20 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > > > > Nemo wrote: > > > >> I was intrigued by BMK's comment that "ed" was never spokend as "ed" > >> by "those in the know", which leads me to wonder how things were > >> spoken. > > > > I always spelled out the two-letter commands: e-d, a-r, l-s, r-m, c-p. > > chmod I pronounced as ch-mod (not mode), but 'rmdir' was 'remove dir' > > and for some reason, mv was move. (I think the doc for vi officially > > stated that the proram's name was to be pronounced v-i and not 'vie'.) > > > > Undoubtedly there were many regional differences... :-) > > > > Arnold >