By the time I got to Phoenix, she had left. (Apologies to Glenn Campbell). On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 5:55 AM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hah, yes, I have... > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > ========================================================= > > 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. > > ========================================================== > > Have you been to Phoenix? > > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 4:52 AM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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]. > EDU > > ] > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
