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- Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
- Date: 23 Jul 1992 00:38:12 GMT
- Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
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- References: <1992Jul20.080858.145@sdg.dra.com> <rdippold.711661229@cancun> <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu>
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- In article <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) writes:
- }Keep in mind that most computer "terms" are concatenated abbrev's.
- }In this case, SYStem OPerator. Pronounce them accordingly.
-
- I really dislike this argument, but I used to use it myself....
-
- I dislike it because it's NOT true. There are many many terms that
- are abbreviations/acronyms that are *not* pronounced the way in which the
- original words are. There are only two I can think of at the moment, one
- of which is a computer term.
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- BASIC -- if the rule was true, we'd pronounce it "bahsick" rather
- than "baysick"
-
- AMFAR -- American Foundation for Aids Research (how in hell this
- popped into my mind I do not know).. But if the
- rule was true, it'd be pronounced "amfair" rather than
- "amfar"
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