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=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, 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 b15b1313 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 19:08:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C5C349CC0B; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 05:08:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B789CC07; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 05:08:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 106EB9CC07; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 05:08:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta27p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta27p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.91]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 110529CB14 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 05:08:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep27p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200205190802.SBMA6536.viclafep27p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 06:08:02 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedugedrhedugdduudeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.418) id 5E00C71E0744FB08 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 06:08:02 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 015J81qL061614 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 06:08:01 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 015J80hc061611 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 06:08:01 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 06:08:00 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <202002050845.0158jDOu024559@freefriends.org> Message-ID: 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> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" [ Did not see the OP's post ] > "G. Branden Robinson" wrote: > >> Certainly not. When one sees a command name that duplicates a >> frequently-used diminituve of a common name, the brain is going to >> select that preferentially. Yours might but mine doesn't so please don't generalise. At my age (67) and computer experience (nearly 50 years) I take things like context into account and don't anthropomorphise things. [ Arnold ] > ISTR thinking of it and calling it e-d, along with r-m, l-n, m-v and > the other two-letter commands. Which is what I call them. -- Dave