Re: How do you say "z/OS"?

Can't argue with a zedlot-but this ol' horse is getting pretty odiferous. Can we move? Puleeze In a message dated 9/25/2016 9:24:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, t...@harminc.net writes: "How do you spell ZED?" --

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On 25 September 2016 at 16:40, Bill Woodger wrote: > The *letter* is pronounced "zed". The sound of the letter is zzz. Zoo, Zorro, > zero. "How do you spell ZEE?" "ZED EEE EEE". "How do you spell ZED?" "ZEE EEE DEE". Tony H.

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I see said the blind man to the deaf lady. --- bill.wood...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bill Woodger <bill.wood...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 15:40:26 -0500 The *letter* is pronounced

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The *letter* is pronounced "zed". The sound of the letter is zzz. Zoo, Zorro, zero. For even older UK TV, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Cars On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 15:15:02 -0500, Richard Pinion wrote: >I've been watching old episodes of the British TV program UFO by

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I've been watching old episodes of the British TV program UFO by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Lots of count downs 10,9...1,0. Not one single zed, always zero as in hero with a z. That's my observation of the day. -- For

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e compromised on 'zos' John -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Don Poitras Sent: 16 September 2016 17:32 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? In article <35f7ced8-7f18-43dd-995b

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; robin...@sce.com > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On > > > Behalf Of John McKown > > > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 9:51 AM > > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSE

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On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 1:52 PM, zMan 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. > > ​I learned about "Zed" from the movie "MIB" (Men In Black). That was almost 20

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> > 323-715-0595 Mobile > > 626-302-7535 Office > > robin...@sce.com > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > > Behalf Of John McKown > > Sent: Saturday, Septe

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obile > 626-302-7535 Office > robin...@sce.com > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 9:51 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: (External):

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: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 9:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: How do you say "z/OS"? On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Bill Woodger <bill.wood...@gmail.com&g

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On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Bill Woodger 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

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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,

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Nice one, Tony Tony Harminc wrote: On 16 September 2016 at 16:22, Porowski, Kenneth wrote: DOS was always 'doss' OS/360 was 'oh ess 360' SVS was 'ess vee ess' MVT was 'em vee tee' MVS was 'em vee ess' Except perhaps in "PARTURIENT MONTES, NASCETVR RIDICVLVS

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tsicks in Germany same for IMS, one word, no single letters (like eems, but short ee) same for DOS but: zed oh ess (German pronounciation of the letters) oh ess 390 (390 in German) v sam (sam like sum) DB2 (with German number "zwei") like OS/2, btw (oh ess zwei) on my PC I have an old version

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en't going fast enough. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 3:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? And there

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MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? A long time ago I worked at a company that gave a CICS class to the application people and the instructor was Italian. He raised a f

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Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Pinion Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 1:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: How do you say "z/OS"? "Ohhh, you can call me Ray, you can call Jay, you can call RJ, you can call Ray Jay,

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A long time ago I worked at a company that gave a CICS class to the application people and the instructor was Italian. He raised a few eyebrows, especially among the females in the class when he referred to the product as "chicks" == Wayne Driscoll

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On 16 September 2016 at 16:22, Porowski, Kenneth wrote: > DOS was always 'doss' > > OS/360 was 'oh ess 360' > SVS was 'ess vee ess' > MVT was 'em vee tee' > MVS was 'em vee ess' Except perhaps in "PARTURIENT MONTES, NASCETVR RIDICVLVS MVS", where it would sound like

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@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? I once worked in Montreal, the Anglophones always had to suppress smirks when the Francophones were discussing CICS and DB2, "Keeks" and "Debbie duh". -- Fo

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ERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? DOS was always 'doss' OS/360 was 'oh ess 360' SVS was 'ess vee ess' MVT was 'em vee tee' MVS was 'em vee ess' ESA was 'eee ess aaa' OS/390 was 'oh ess 390' -- For IBM-MAIN

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Kenneth Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 3:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? DOS was always 'doss' OS/360 was 'oh ess 360' SVS was 'ess vee ess' MVT was 'em vee tee' MVS was 'em vee ess' ESA was 'eee ess aaa' OS/390 was 'oh ess 390' -Original Me

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gt; To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:22:37 + DOS was always 'doss' OS/360 was 'oh ess 360' SVS was 'ess vee ess' MVT was 'em vee tee' MVS was 'em vee ess' ESA was 'eee ess aaa' OS/390 was 'oh ess 390' -Origi

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it. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? I consider anyone that doesn't pronounc

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enneth Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 12:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? I consider anyone that doesn't pronounce all three letters separately to be a Mainframe newb. -- For IBM-M

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So "doss" is okay but not "zoss"? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 12:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "

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data, it’s not cheating to use it. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? I consider anyone that d

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I consider anyone that doesn't pronounce all three letters separately to be a Mainframe newb. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: How do you say "z/OS"?

On 9/16/2016 11:27 AM, Porowski, Kenneth wrote: I believe it is either 'zee oh ess' or 'zed oh ess' depending on how you pronounce the letter 'z'. Either way is acceptable. I'm not a big fan of "zauce" (rhymes with "sauce")... -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831

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I believe it is either 'zee oh ess' or 'zed oh ess' depending on how you pronounce the letter 'z'. Either way is acceptable. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying

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In article <35f7ced8-7f18-43dd-995b-170e28d2a...@googlegroups.com> you wrote: > On Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 2:00:29 PM UTC-4, Mike Martin wrote: > > Is it.. zoss? > > > > Is it.. zee? > > > > Is it zee...oh...esss? > > > > Something else? > > > > Sorry if this has already been beat to death,