Ted, I have the same experience. The first Share I attended I was surrounded by IBMers from the States talking about something called "see eye see ess" and it wasn't until the beer had well and truly sunk in that I figured out they were talking about CICS (kicks).
Unitedstatians are the only people I have ever heard spell it out. I guess that's what happens when you can't spell, can't write the date correctly, and install all your light switches upside down :-) Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 8:23 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] C-I-C-S vs KICKS > > >whereas almost all customers I talk to pronounce it "kicks". > > I used to work for an American company, and all the developers spelled it > rather than pronounced it. > But, everybody's experience varies. > > I used to cause confusion everytime I pronounced it. > Of course, I also caused confusion with everybody, except those in Buffalo NY > -- used to watching both Canadian and American TV, when I called it ZED rather > than ZEE. > > (PS: Canadian IBM reps, that I worked with, all pronounced it 'kicks') > > - > I'm a SuperHero with neither powers, nor motivation! > Kimota! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
