On Wednesday 09 March 2005 02:32 pm, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Chris Smith wrote:
> 
> > how about the /etc directory?
> > eeet see
> > or do you say etcetera
> > or EEE TEEE CEEE ?  (E.T.C)
> 
> Google is good...
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=unix+%22etc+pronounced%22
> 
> It's "et see".

I say 'et cetera', others around me use 'et see'.  

If /etc is 'et see', is /usr 'uss er'?  /tmp 'timp'?

How about pronouncing /lib?  lib- as in librarian (prolly correct but awkward) or lib- as in liberation (less awkward)?

they should add a pronunciation standard to FHS...

-- 
-dave

Dave Carlson <dave at math.umn.edu>

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