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- From: jsq@longway.tic.com (John S. Quarterman)
-
- In article <663@longway.TIC.COM> From: hlj@posix.COM (Hal Jespersen)
- >>
- >>>"... The term POSIX is expected to be pronounced pahz-icks, as in positive,
- >>>not poh-six, or other variations."
- >>
- >>Note that this assertion appears only in the rationale and the foreword,
- >>not in the body of the standard. This is because the committee could not
- >>standardize a pronunciation, and in fact had no consensus on what it might be.
- >>Nonetheless, there is a small clique that considers it their duty to enforce
- >>what they regard as the correct pronunciation, even though they don't all
- >>pronounce it the same way themselves.
-
- >As the author of that footnote, I can say I know of only one person
- >involved in the development of the POSIX standards who disagrees with
- >the "Positive about POSIX" pronunciation. Since that person is also
- >in the clique referred to above, I guess you can say that last sentence
- >is actually correct, John. :-)
-
- Well, I guess there must be at least two such people, since I don't agree
- with the pronunciation the footnote attempts (inaccurately) to render,
- and I'm not a member of the clique: I find attempts to standardize
- pronunciations silly and a waste of time.
-
- I note that you don't attempt to claim that there was a consensus
- of the committee about your pronunciation. This is because there
- never was any such consensus.
-
- > I would be interested to see your reaction if people started
- > pronouncing UNIX or USENIX differently than their originators intended.
-
- Started? Evidently you haven't been listening....
-
- >Hal Jespersen
-
- >==========================================================================
- >The opinions expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily
- >reflect those of the POSIX Working Groups or the IEEE. To receive an
- >official interpretation concerning an approved IEEE standard, contact the
- >Secretary, IEEE Standards Board, P.O. Box 1331, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway,
- >NJ 08855-1331.
-
- Too bad you didn't put that disclaimer on your footnote.
-
- John Quarterman
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 19, Number 113
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-