Oh no... You should know not to bring up something like this!!! :-) -Evan
> I am really bugged when people insist on pronouncing linux "LINE-UX" or
> "LINN-UUCKS." They blather on about the nationality of Linus, blah blah blah.
> Hello! It's "LIN-UCKS" people. Get it right. (We are in AMERICA in case you
> didn't notice.)
>
> Relatedly I never know how to pronounce "char." 1/2 of me wants to say it like
> it looks, but the other half argues that char is short for character and should
> be pronounced, "care." I donno.
>
> What's up with people calling MySQL, "my sequel." Uh, I think it's "My ess que
> ell."
>
> Of course there is always the data problem. For the record, it annoys me if you
> say "Dah tuh" instead of "Day tuh"
>
> In fact if you really want to get under my skin, call me up and say, "in my
> LINE-UCKS MY SEQUEL DAH TUH base..."
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