And you replied, "You need to get out more", I assume! Sheesh. It might sound odd to the American ear, but it's not exactly that obscure.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 1:18 AM, Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> wrote: > Spent some time in Phoenix teaching some REXX to colleagues. I'm an English > guy who moved to OZ in 1986 and had 5 years in California. > > After about an hour one of the guys put his hand up and said, "excuse me, > what's ZED?" > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 3:52 AM, Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > Don't know jickle, but don't confuse that with JECL, homophone of Mr. > > Hyde's evil twin. > > > > . > > . > > J.O.Skip Robinson > > Southern California Edison Company > > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > > 323-715-0595 Mobile > > 626-302-7535 Office > > [email protected] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of John McKown > > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 9:51 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: (External):Re: How do you say "z/OS"? > > > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Bill Woodger <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > NaN in computing is pronounced, right? My rule of thu... mouth I > > > suppose, is if it can be pronounced, pronounce it, otherwise say the > > > letters but with no gaps in between. Emveeess vs Em-vee-ess. > > > > > > 1970's training video, American guy with hairstyle which made his head > > > look like a triangle, studiously pronouncing each individual letter, > > > D-O-S J-C-L, with alternating minor waggles of his head at each > > > letter. Not enough time in the world for that. > > > > > > > Oh, and now we can discuss how to say JCL as a word? I have always her > > Jickel (rhymes with Nickel). > > > > > > > > > > > > In Portuguese, and allowing for my phonetics for the second, sicks and > > > dehbehdoish (CICS, DB2). > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unix: Some say the learning curve is steep, but you only have to climb it > > once. -- Karl Lehenbauer > > Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ > > > > Maranatha! <>< > > John McKown > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > Wayne V. Bickerdike > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
