It's fair to denote "Mastering Regular Expressions", 3rd Edition,
Jeffrey E. F. Friedl, O'Reilly, 2006, 484pp. + 31 p. index
as the definitive treatise on regular expressions.
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528126/index.html
p. 27: Friedl wrote in part:
I normally use "regex." It just rolls right off the tongue
(it rhymes with "FedEx," with a hard g sound
like "regular" not a soft one like in "Regina")
FC
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