On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 11:53, Evan McNabb wrote:
> Oh no... You should know not to bring up something like this!!! :-)

I'm bugged when people pronounce the name of the one true editor as
"ee-macks" rather than the god-given pronounciation of "vee-eye"

Michael


> 
> -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..."
-- 
Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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