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1. tycho/sam

   co-worker just called IRC irk and then went home. good move! also entertaining

   Thursday, 23-Jul-09 03:10:19 UTC from xmpp
   • djharuko

     @tychoish it's always IRCsome when someone pronounces a acronym wrong, isn't it? Or at least funny.

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 03:57:00 UTC
   • Susan Pinochet djharuko

     @tychoish @djharuko OK, so how is IRC pronounced?

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 14:50:06 UTC
   • Alaric Snell-Pym Susan Pinochet

     @spinochet: Eye Arrrr Sea around where I live!

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 14:50:41 UTC
   • tycho/sam Susan Pinochet

     @spinochet, I generally just say the letters; eye-are-see, and this seems to be conventional

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 15:07:40 UTC
   • djharuko Susan Pinochet

     @spinochet I'd have to agree with @tychoish in that you just pronounce the letters individually. That's how I've always heard it.

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 15:19:19 UTC
   • tycho/sam djharuko

     @djharuko but for some reason people say et-see rather than eee-tea-see for /etc/ so go figure

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 15:29:39 UTC
   • djharuko

     @tychoish Now for /etc, I've pronounced it both ways. What about /usr? I've heard it both as slash-user and slash-uh-ser.

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 15:31:57 UTC
   • Alaric Snell-Pym

     @tychoish: I call /etc slash et cetera, personally. /usr is user rather than slash you ess are for me, too. People, eh? :-)

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 15:46:31 UTC
   • tycho/sam Alaric Snell-Pym

     @alaricsp yeah, user for /usr for sure. I think the pronounciation of /etc is encumbered by soundspace colision with the etsy website.

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 15:51:19 UTC
   • Susan Pinochet Alaric Snell-Pym , djharuko

     @alaricsp @tychoish @djharuko OK, then. I assume you all also think I should not rhyme URL with Earl either. :-)

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 15:58:10 UTC
   • Alaric Snell-Pym Susan Pinochet

     @spinochet: URL is You Are Ell round these parts. But how to say www? I call it whuwhuwhu.

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 15:59:20 UTC
   • Susan Pinochet Alaric Snell-Pym

     @alaricsp definitely dubya dubya dubya

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 16:20:20 UTC
   • djharuko Susan Pinochet

     @spinochet @tychoish No, that one is spelt U-R-L, but it's pronounced "throatwobbler mangrove".

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 16:25:18 UTC
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   • djharuko

     Heh, sometimes the number of xterm windows I have open is borderline absurd

     Thursday, 23-Jul-09 18:55:40 UTC