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Date:      Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:44:45 -0600
From:      "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <rhawkins@iastate.edu>
To:        Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Generic Unix term? 
Message-ID:  <m10G2xx-000P4nC@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:58:00 PST." <19990224155800.O27934@orcrist.mediacity.com> 

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> *nix isn't a word, though.  I am looking for something that can be
> spoken as well as written, and "Starnix" or "Asterisknix" just doesn't
> cut it.


sure, *nix is a word.  It can be pronounced,

a) splatnix
b) Linux-like operating system
c) bsd-like operating system 

:)

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