Think the X is both a play on the Roman Numeral for the number ten like you say, plus hinting that this OS is based on Unix. Wonder what Mac OS eleven will be, XI?
-----Original Message----- From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Baker Sent: Monday, 31 May 2004 9:56 AM To: G-List Subject: Re: Moving on to a much more intelligent subject (not) At 5:44 PM -0600 5/30/2004, Tom W. wrote: >I have another dumb question. I know that OS X is OS 10, but when >verbalizing it, I have been pronouncing it OS "EX". Should it be >pronounced OS "ten" and am I the only one pronouncing it incorrectly? >My brother corrected me this week and I just wondered if this was true, >as it now makes sense. Duh to me. Tom The Romans had a habit of writing the letter X when they meant ten. And you see what happened to them. Why Apple should have fallen into this aberration is beyond me. Another Tom Art website at http://www.ThomasBakerPaintings.com Archaeology website at http://www.nmia.com/~jaybird/AANewsletter/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
