I say "shin" because it is easier for me to say than shorten. Just like
when I refer to WAV files I call them "waves" , not Waveform sound formats
.... that is a moutful right? But that is the proper name right, hence the
proper pronunciation!?!?! ;O)
But for some reason when I am looking on the net for .mpegs, instead of
calling them "M-Pegz" I still refer to them as Motion Pictures Expert Group
files. ha.
Conor
server is empty if you want to log send me a mail in the next 15 minutes
before I pass out ;)
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Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [etree] the only way to pronounce "shn" ; )
> My guess at the lack of an "e" is to conform to 8.3
> naming convention of dos - not a play on the shorten
> theme. BTW - I've always called them shins since day
> one. Takes to much time to refer to them in any other
> fashion. That's strange for me - I am usually
> particularly verbose! Go figure.
> Tiedye Jeremy
> > Additionally, there is a DOS based program used for compressing,
> > decompressing, and verifying shns (which I still use because it's 10
times
> > easier to use than MKWACT) called shortn32. Notice there is no "e"...
> > perhaps a play on the word as to make it "shorter."
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