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=1.4 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_03_06, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 20042 invoked from network); 19 May 2022 16:04:54 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 19 May 2022 16:04:54 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C47A40CBD; Fri, 20 May 2022 02:04:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: from sdaoden.eu (sdaoden.eu [217.144.132.164]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 543ED40CA2; Fri, 20 May 2022 02:04:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from kent.sdaoden.eu (kent.sdaoden.eu [192.0.2.2]) by sdaoden.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 506DB16059; Thu, 19 May 2022 18:04:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: by kent.sdaoden.eu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 86DFF82E7B; Thu, 19 May 2022 14:22:38 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 14:22:38 +0200 Author: Steffen Nurpmeso From: Steffen Nurpmeso To: Warren Toomey Message-ID: <20220519122238.cY1vB%steffen@sdaoden.eu> In-Reply-To: References: Mail-Followup-To: Warren Toomey , tuhs@tuhs.org User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.24-240-g30cbb21d86 OpenPGP: id=EE19E1C1F2F7054F8D3954D8308964B51883A0DD; url=https://ftp.sdaoden.eu/steffen.asc; preference=signencrypt BlahBlahBlah: Any stupid boy can crush a beetle. But all the professors in the world can make no bugs. Message-ID-Hash: 6Q7JAEDPONSRD6URRQI3X5SHZBV7XUTE X-Message-ID-Hash: 6Q7JAEDPONSRD6URRQI3X5SHZBV7XUTE X-MailFrom: steffen@sdaoden.eu 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 CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Pronunciation List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Warren Toomey wrote in : |On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 02:56:19PM +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote: |> Nearly forgot: how does one pronounce "TUHS"? I'm torn between "TUSS" \ |> and |> "CHEWS"... | |I've always spelled it out: tea ewe aches ess I use the German pronounciation: T[ea] [y]OU [h]->[y]OU S which sounds like "t:u:'s", an abbreviation of "tue es", which tranlates to the English "do it". I always thought this is a good match. |Cheers, Warren --End of --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)