Concerning Re: [scite] off the wall question
Philippe Lhoste wrote on 1 Jan 2006, 15:41, at least in part:
> Megan Bock wrote:
> > Oops. I've always said "site" too, because I assumed that Scintilla
> > had the soft "s" sound.
>
> Well, I chose this pronunciation too... It is quite natural, easy for
> my tongue and less offensive than the sh... derivative :-) And I think
> that SciTE doesn't any longer merits this depreciative connotation
> dating back from the times it was a "less-than-able" demo program for
> Scintilla.
>
> So, Neil pronounces skintilla?
> I always pronounced sintilla, probably because it is similar to the
> "scintiller" French verb, which even has a past form: "L'étoile
> scintilla dans la nuit" "The star twinkled in the night".
... and I always had Scylla and Charybdis on my mind!
Jan Hendrik
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on the - postponed - vote on a European constitution.
The German people will not be allowed to vote on it anyway.
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