From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: m.welle@gmx.net (Michael Welle)
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:40:37 +0200
Subject: [TUHS] Unix, eunuchs?
In-Reply-To: <44840A4F.1060005@icpnet.pl> (Andrzej Popielewicz's message of
	"Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:41:19 +0200")
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Message-ID: <871wtta4ga.fsf@hqltmwe01.nwc-services.de>

Hi,

Andrzej Popielewicz <vasco at icpnet.pl> writes:
[...]
> In Oxford American Dictionary
>
> eunuch is pronounced as "yoo-nuk" (not all symbols reproduced)
> unit is "yoo-nit"
> unique is "yoo-neek"
>
> In Webster English Language Dictionary
>
> eunuch is "'yunek"
> unit is "'yunet"
> unique is "yu'nek,yu'nik"
>
> You can notice, that unix , more similar to unit or unique will be 
> pronounced differently(?).
interesting. I tend to use a more british english style, but I
pronounce the terms like in OAD.

Michael

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