For 50 years, I've always used the five syllable pronunciation.
Dave Cole
At 8/24/2023 05:21 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
It's only just now occurring to me to wonder: How should "XYZZY" be
pronounced? I've always said "KSIZZ-ee", but it occurs to me now that there
are other possibilities.
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Kurt Quackenbush
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> Yes.&whatever. As I wrote before, there's way too much "take this job and
find the 27 places that say XYZZY and change them to the right HLQ." instead
of....
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