From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 22 5: 4:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from octopus.originative (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 594301596D for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 05:03:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) Received: by octopus with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:59:17 +0100 Message-ID: From: paul@originative.co.uk To: dpilgrim@uswest.net, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: RE: When speaking about unix... Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:59:17 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Darren Pilgrim [mailto:dpilgrim@uswest.net] > Sent: 22 April 1999 12:50 > To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > Subject: When speaking about unix... > > > How do you one pronouce various programs and parts of unix? I'm > always getting into little debates about the correct pronunication of > commands/programs. One example would be gnome--silent g or gee-nome? A web page on common pronunciations would be useful. I often have the same problem myself, not that it will stop the discussions since people pronounce things how they want mostly, Linux being one of my favourites since despite Linus putting out a sound sample of how it should be pronounced most users still insist it's the other way. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message