On 5/15/07, Evan Leibovitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Linux folks have had to deal with three pronounciations. Your torment will
subside.


- Evan

 I'm guilty of being a Lye-Nucks pronouncer.  It always sounded awkward
any other way until I heard some German friends pronounce Lee-Nooks and then
it sounded OK, at least coming from them.

For years, when I was a lone Asterisk user and before I met any others, I
pronounced IAX as Eye-Axe (which is the same as Eye-Ask for some people but
let's not get started).  Then I met Mark Spencer and he kept saying 'eeks'.
At first I didn't even know what he was talking about.

I fell in love with my Eye-Axe pronunciation so I still use it when I'm
talking to myself.  I think I'll be OK until this happens: "New from Apple:
want to chop down a tree in style?  Get the iAxe."

BTW Reza, I feel your pain.  I think that some of us feel actual physical
discomfort when someone tweaks one of those pet peeve words.  I'm as guilty
as the next.  I'm sure I've made a few people wish for rapid onset
deafness.

Until deafness sets in, I guess all we can do is take a deep breath and try
to sleep on it like Thomas says.

DD

PS Jim, the next time he gets you wound up with Norstar/BCM discussions, you
just ask him how his Azz-trix systems are doing.

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