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Date:      Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:39:32 -0500
From:      Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu>
To:        'Alfred Perlstein ' <bright@wintelcom.net>, 'David Talkington ' <dtalk@prairienet.org>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG '" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Pronunciations
Message-ID:  <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EE6@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu>

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 peeco because "pico" is the SI prefix for 10^-12 and is pronouncied in good
greek,latin,and french as "peeco"

-----Original Message-----
From: Alfred Perlstein
To: David Talkington
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Sent: 11/30/2000 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: Pronunciations

* David Talkington <dtalk@prairienet.org> [001130 09:47] wrote:
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> 
> Salutations.
> 
> There is disagreement on these points among even knowledgeable people
> in my office.  I'll cast it to the list and let the chips fall where
> they may.  (There's no money on it.)
> 
> /lib rhymes with "fib" or "vibe"? 
> /bin rhymes with "sin" or "whine"?
> peeco or pyco?

fib, sin and why the hell are you using pico? :) (peeco actually)

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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