Am I the only one who finds "zahhss" (rhymes with "boss") really grating? Mostly from non-z folks, but I hear it occasionally even from people within the fold.
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 1:55 PM, David L. Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16May26:1154+0000, van der Grijn, Bart (B) wrote: > > > It's an interesting observation as I always chuckle > > when my American coworkers say parmlibe, > > Here lib does not rhyme with glib, but with tribe and > is understood to be short for library. How do you > pronouce the full word? > -- > <not cent from sell> > May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! > > Dave_Craig______________________________________________ > "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. > You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. > Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." > __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
