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,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 a32e259f for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 16:11:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A35059CC13; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 02:11:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF57F9CC07; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 02:11:24 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kilonet.net header.i=@kilonet.net header.b="JK+FBY2/"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 15C749CC07; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 02:11:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from p3plsmtpa08-03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa08-03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.193.104]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD46E9CB14 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2020 02:11:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from medusa.kilonet.net ([72.69.214.144]) by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPA id zNGriekTCZ84nzNGri1pxl; Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:11:22 -0700 Received: from [199.89.231.101] (ender.kilonet.net [199.89.231.101]) by medusa.kilonet.net (8.14.8/8.15.1) with ESMTP id 015GBLJ2028352 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 11:11:21 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kilonet.net; s=default; t=1580919081; bh=lKd1sYS9X8JsocIuXzPc9l7GU7kDPq4bgDh4BoXrg/U=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=JK+FBY2/Xi53FpQfv0bMJK2DVhX8nyTH4lDrTFCdm5O+JRaycutv8as0BHWTCu50G XFOqvMj2XcqtlTR8RItGcsB6fi+L/C2J/bYDcIMW02adHoYu4mEz3nxEN7A40898Ve ZTe0k8sZyVHL9acIjoIxIMX20U8q1RegKsCRR7Rw= To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org 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> From: Arthur Krewat Message-ID: Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 11:11:15 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfFA6zPB7uUwuRqBCpTe7P9c2jA1rDav2YMurqlxN8nakrQlaWj8hW3gbvf4ep1C+1gmOdv35kygcOEjTlbiZuyvcy7WrB3/NGeeDHeunWkAHFifulhXB njppxNaynStuz9UX3qtr0GOBLkrm9KSuoStgbv/bMDYPn1reuLdgXjkpzCXriqS5Jzlr92ttZGiXaw== Subject: Re: [TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas 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" 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. > > Sent from my PDP-7 Running UNIX V0 expect things to be almost but not quite. > >> On Feb 5, 2020, at 3:45 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: >> >> "G. Branden Robinson" wrote: >> >>> At 2020-02-04T09:40:18+0100, Sijmen J. Mulder wrote: >>>> markus schnalke wrote: >>>>> Wikipedia writes that `ed' would be pronounced ``ee-dee'' (like >>>>> ``vee-eye''), is that what you english speakers do? >>> 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. >> ISTR thinking of it and calling it e-d, along with r-m, l-n, m-v and >> the other two-letter commands. >> >>> (And did people really say "dee-eye-tee-roff" for "ditroff"?) >> I did ... Although it's "groff" and not "g-roff". :-) >> >> FWIW, >> >> Arnold >