From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 51afc8db for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 19:57:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0AC0E9CC19; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 05:57:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5BA99CB86; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 05:57:40 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="cWyWelyE"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9674C9CB86; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 05:57:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qv1-f53.google.com (mail-qv1-f53.google.com [209.85.219.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CC4A9CB14 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 05:57:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qv1-f53.google.com with SMTP id l14so1695462qvu.12 for ; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:57:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Y1NdigUFBVzzhRd90A36IUESVZkVeztBUd6QzxGd59c=; b=cWyWelyEW8bTXhhJCLnzfESwBPppqH+X72rT+/Y6t9YeoV0EP8HCGt/dA+kLkFufqT nwCyfQ/KSdiMUkZfYXESixUoW18A5AtIwtHab5y5kPmUeDWk9SQGLJkWYIMb6kCU4sw7 hryWU5rt7IjLU1h/gg87PeLMfg9bUWmz18prY= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Y1NdigUFBVzzhRd90A36IUESVZkVeztBUd6QzxGd59c=; b=eTiV2TDmZETnB61YFb7b7TEKLXyHEQ98ZNKhGbayt2nI0gGdVXE9UsvXC5f/upN2we yd9/nb0nZF9cGR7F0A2DIeTmsG4WgNqhstkeXIU3cAfKdvWLpxCurcb6LALmcrdb4k5S CYDmRxs618mcutaembVEFc+2Ps5FFpb4FWwwuqE+j+zFt6Bsf3EnBVW72bBq82wIvebt G52TbKgNozswKFvbfchP3vjDsCbJdDpDS6K7uhp/7bsNcXJfAFqTX34SLipzUGjYQ2Bv OR8csqq457cMp62n8MvtnSRFlxhqYh75LkUc8kns4ueDfWZ0gGWphqwO3wd3qQU6+e4k gFag== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXJd1Az8paj6EW1BqZ9iVaEn3x1T9KYUsg3oHn8jl8zVGpqxxo/ OntYWwrkyDgCZlAhlJMJOzar6RIOmKhnG7qEbpZG3g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzGmk7i0lijkHDsbR4dCXLoE+IsE7LSdxpFcAtgHRhvnKohksjizqnDPG00s0UOXkMPtmAY81EnErb0eNL+OmU= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:ab13:: with SMTP id h19mr33423802qvb.243.1580932656784; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:57:36 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <9c507ef665851fd21ecdf0e23136dc86@firemail.de> <1ippPk-8PE-00@marmaro.de> <1iqMuL-1zK-00@marmaro.de> <20200204094018.661e76717f7f475e6cb53e75@sjmulder.nl> <20200204201453.ebeaabon26vbgfle@localhost.localdomain> <202002050845.0158jDOu024559@freefriends.org> In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 14:57:07 -0500 Message-ID: To: Dave Horsfall Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000006c01ca059dd991a5" Subject: Re: [TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000006c01ca059dd991a5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 2:38 PM Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2020, Clem cole wrote: > > > FWIW. When it was written, Ted and I used pronounced it as =E2=80=9Cfis= k=E2=80=9D > > (rhymes with =E2=80=9Cdisk=E2=80=9D), but F. S. C. K. was always accept= able to my ears. > > I admit I smiled one time when I heard some one call it =E2=80=9Cf-sick= =E2=80=9D but > > that was not considered the proper pronunciation. > > I've heard it pronounced as "fuzz-chuck" (!). sigh... > Me, it's eff-ess-see-kay. Yeah, that's one's acceptable and as I said above, doesn't bother me. However, fisk is the 'one true' way ;-) I can see where people came from often by what they call things. That said, the program long left the barn and has its own history. --0000000000006c01ca059dd991a5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 2:38 = PM Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org= > wrote:
= On Wed, 5 Feb 2020, Clem cole wrote:

> FWIW. When it was written, Ted and I used pronounced it as =E2=80=9Cfi= sk=E2=80=9D
> (rhymes with =E2=80=9Cdisk=E2=80=9D), but F. S. C. K. was always accep= table to my ears.
> I admit I smiled one time when I heard some one call it =E2=80=9Cf-sic= k=E2=80=9D but
> that was not considered the proper pronunciation.

I've heard it pronounced as "fuzz-chuck" (!).=C2=A0
sigh...

=C2=A0
Me, it's eff-ess-see-kay.
<= span class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-seri= f">Yeah, that's one's acceptable and as I said above, doesn't b= other me.=C2=A0 However, fisk is the 'one true' way ;-)= =C2=A0=C2=A0I= can see where people came from often by what they=C2=A0call things.=

That said, the program long left t= he barn and has its own history.
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