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by Wiretrip 2268 days ago
I would love to see an article about how people pronounce some of the strange names and acronyms we have ended up with. Quick survey? 'etc', 'gif', 'uefi', 'wget', 'cifs' ?
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dsr_ 2268 days ago
I once made a British sysadmin T|N>K * when I referred to eff tee pee dot ick ack ook, a repository of open source software.

(* tea piped through nose out to keyboard)

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twic 2268 days ago
ick ack uck, please!
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riffic 2268 days ago
I'll just say "et-sea" and stop there to avoid further arguments
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iamkroot 2268 days ago
Etcetra Gift Yoo-effy Wuh-get Sifs
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