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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, 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 5546ff92 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 11:45:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 981BA9CC16; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 21:45:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2284A9CC07; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 21:45:24 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="SoGvmIZf"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EBE239CC07; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 21:45:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f50.google.com (mail-ua1-f50.google.com [209.85.222.50]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8253C9CB14 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 21:45:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f50.google.com with SMTP id c7so723286uaf.5 for ; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:45:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=s2YZWg08VqJt3ZxksQ4nzoH3TBkqgcBJmU0vtZRhC5U=; b=SoGvmIZfzkDbg5b4m+2/lzktd680gWaSmQZi4jiFkQI1pEN1QkEhjp66ZU94YpPagD B/YDHRgUWzOw9GDaNi/XNsl++EPDXxgOdc7fF9hE2cKTlYzwwBLX9r/rMC8Nbvhothfz Ge7fDPP0fdKOwDucnDbhLkn8MIdryrgDLMBLQKJjJCr0Rjvh14Spu6CsM425+t42vcEG fLUb8xTNirUVM4TmwXl3Q45vYFcE3nmmQEAZ5DJkf29MPlyTuoT+5N4ArhXL0NUavskM d3moGvJo6YXHdykhlSHf7/MmbIuRHy79OlCw/rcZ+hLmrEI0lSzjdtCeHf5rPnbJvblX EAXA== 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=s2YZWg08VqJt3ZxksQ4nzoH3TBkqgcBJmU0vtZRhC5U=; b=cB7A9R9tqBEab6df9XwrVr4kzYxRqAxQz5CGQ7nBV4E1c5Y2HWLYFh20orPMwxXpms 72f5yJZhFxwXADSFM3MDgMIdfJuZqjpwwksUIlfIr/x7IR9uH7T1lYC2ERnrg2b5cwvP j+r9/JZCt98zasU+UMAEnatbfHarWkD4KKSHEjv5RKYguAEf2Niok8/HDU4UT78ixhDc l2sMiOBR3OjI9Ma9AyJd62Scg6biNBD/9Mtn1lfUCk7eG7jLovSBGnK54L01wRDy4Bb3 3JaBwcd8OCkBwn1GmU07wH6mSKl7xo5uxD5vRA6H4ugrE/789eqkYbybE5WaQEm546qO /8aQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUpPixTQ7PS3TBJ3ViDFpdIb+4QubS6LTmQ/CYtMaOQFXuWXSUc bxGTwY3YPQ7Yw/WqTOtN8Gc6yl+AyOVumYfqJgQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwd4HX/ROtJT2hJlL6yZKZfaQXEf84g1F9m55RtH/zZgsQ9ioRph6PIJCvXHBHzqsQkDpCwb2UX+aAoQ9KE7nY= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:46c:: with SMTP id 99mr19887375uav.134.1580903120359; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:45:20 -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> <20200204215252.GA99776@clarinet.employees.org> <20200205105813.5FF71207F5@orac.inputplus.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20200205105813.5FF71207F5@orac.inputplus.co.uk> From: Rob Pike Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 22:45:09 +1100 Message-ID: To: Ralph Corderoy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000e9d4fe059dd2b0f7" 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" --000000000000e9d4fe059dd2b0f7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I think we called it troff, because that's what it was. Brian might remember if it was ever used widely with the prefix. I don't think it was, within 1127. That spelling doesn't appear anywhere in the Research Unix manuals for v8, v9, or v10. -rob On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 10:06 PM Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Rob, > > > nroff: enn-roff (because it was the descendant of roff) > > troff: tee-roff > > One I've wondered about for a long time is ditroff. > What was that? > > 1. die-tee-roff > 2. dee-eye-tee-roff > 3. ditt-roff > 4. die-troff > 5. Something else... > > -- > Cheers, Ralph. > --000000000000e9d4fe059dd2b0f7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I think we called it troff, because that's what it was= . Brian might remember if it was ever used widely with the prefix. I don= 9;t think it was, within 1127. That spelling doesn't appear anywhere in= the Research Unix manuals for v8, v9, or v10.

-rob


On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 10:06 PM Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk> wrote:
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Hi Rob,

> nroff: enn-roff (because it was the descendant of roff)
> troff: tee-roff

One I've wondered about for a long time is ditroff.
What was that?

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 1.=C2=A0 die-tee-roff
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 2.=C2=A0 dee-eye-tee-roff
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 3.=C2=A0 ditt-roff
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 4.=C2=A0 die-troff
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 5.=C2=A0 Something else...

--
Cheers, Ralph.
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