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davel
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response 100 of 111:
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Jun 27 11:35 UTC 1995 |
Right, Carl, open *that* can of worms, too! I say "minus", but in doing
customer support I'm trying to learn to say "dash". But there's also
bang, hook, splat, dot, & all the rest of those.
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ajax
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response 101 of 111:
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Jun 27 15:45 UTC 1995 |
Wow, I'd never thought of calling vi "six"...that's so ridiculous, I
think I'll start doing it! :-)
How do folks generally say "ex?" It's pronouncable as is, but I tend
to spell it out, to differentiate it from the letter X or being short
for X-Windows.
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mju
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response 102 of 111:
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Jun 27 16:35 UTC 1995 |
I generally try to avoid saying "ex". :-)
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gregc
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response 103 of 111:
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Jun 28 01:40 UTC 1995 |
Heh, agreed. But yes, I pronounce it as "ee ecks". Pronounce it as just
"ecks" and people will think your talking about the X Windows system.
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remmers
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response 104 of 111:
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Jun 28 20:10 UTC 1995 |
"ee eks" is my way too.
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sidhe
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response 105 of 111:
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Jun 29 00:37 UTC 1995 |
- = "hyphen" ? Or is my editor's sense of grammatical
correctness getting in the way, again?
I will, though, continue to pronounce vi as "vee", as in
aVIatiuon.
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gregc
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response 106 of 111:
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Jun 30 11:21 UTC 1995 |
"vee"?!? Boy, you *are* one sick, twisted, perverted puppy.
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nephi
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response 107 of 111:
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Jul 12 09:47 UTC 1995 |
When I first started, I said "VI" as "six". I would never have guessed
that a person would name a program "vee eye".
Hmm . . .
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sidhe
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response 108 of 111:
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Jul 18 00:42 UTC 1995 |
Yes, "vee". VIrile. naVIgational. Better than "vi" <short i".
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lilmo
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response 109 of 111:
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Aug 22 04:47 UTC 1995 |
Why IS it "vi", where did that come from (do we know? did someone already
answer that question?)
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davel
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response 110 of 111:
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Aug 22 11:09 UTC 1995 |
VIsual editor, I believe. (For those too young to remember, there was a
time when nothing like a full-screen editor existed anywhere. Imagine
DOS's EDLIN as the bleeding edge, if you will.)
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davel
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response 111 of 111:
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Aug 22 11:13 UTC 1995 |
(Um. I didn't mean that *edlin* ever was bleeding edge, just that
there was a time when something *like* that was. Even earlier, it was
cut & splice your paper tape, or re-punch your own cards.)
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