indeed. On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 12:06 PM Jon Steinhart wrote: > Clem Cole writes: > > definitely a diminutive term. > > > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 11:11 AM Arthur Krewat > wrote: > > > > Bunch of guys at Computer Graphics Lab (at New York Institute of > > Technology) back in the 80's used to call it "f-suck". > > > > On 2/5/2020 8:35 AM, Clem cole wrote: > > > FWIW. When it was written, Ted and I used pronounced it as “fisk” > (rhymes > > with “disk”), but F. S. C. K. was always acceptable to my ears. I > admit I > > smiled one time when I heard some one call it “f-sick” but that was > not > > considered the proper pronunciation. > > I always pronounced it "fisk" and am happy that newer > filesystems have minimized the need for a stop-and-fisk policy. > > Jon >