On Friday 23 July 2010 11:52, zMan wrote: > It's always appeared to me to be: > Americans: see-eye-see-ess > Others: kicks
I think you might occasionally hear "cheeks" in Italy. :-) Among Americans, I think it depends on how much contact the staff of a particular shop have with European users of Cumbersome Initials Connoting Something. In particular those who've had contact with the CICS development team at Hursley Park seem most likely to adopt - and spread - the UK pronunciation. Most of the people I've worked with over the past 30 years in the Northeast have said "kicks", but that's been in IBM or in an ISV with strong UK ties. I used to hear see-eye-see-ess in Houston ages ago. But as others have pointed out, the phenomenon seems to defy regionalization within the US. Cheers, Bob -- Bob Woodside Woodsway Consulting, Inc. http://www.woodsway.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
