Could this be the "Statutory Term of presumption of conformity of superseded standard"?
Of course I jest! I tried to take the easy way out by splitting up the word and effectively changing the short form to a phrase "Doc of POCOSS" but then realised that was all wrong and intuitively means "Document of Presumption of Conformity of Superseded Standard". There is no way out! As people working with international standards, we need to be able to correctly pronounce John's word (sorry John, my google search came up with, not a short list, but exactly one hit ). It would have been nice to come to some sort of consensus on how the word is to be pronounced if we are to save face at meetings. It is now just a matter of time before the standards themselves carry the word Docopocoss, and having not agreed on a pronunciation, we'll find ourselves opting out of public embarrassment by referring to "the cessation date" and looking around the table quickly for some brave soul to risk all by saying out loud "Oh! The docopocoss" I guess Ed's rhyme will have to suffice for now. Best regards - Chris ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
