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]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
