On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Roger Searle <[email protected]>wrote:
> Craig Falconer wrote: > >> Mind you - we normally type these commands, or read them. Very rarely do >> we say them out loud. >> >> Others in the same region: >> fsck fissik/eff ess check/eff sik >> gcc gee sea sea / ? >> ssh ess ess aitch / shhh / shoosh >> wget doubleyou get / wuh-get >> strace ess-strace / strace / street race >> > The one that got me the first time I heard someone say it, and still does, > is the folder /etc. I had always imagined it pronounced as eee tea see, and > is how it still is in my head. Hearing it as "etcetera" is just wrong, to > my ear! > Why, its a common abbreviation and you don't even have to be a nerd to understand it!
