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: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > 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." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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