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Re: Bad Choices
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 25 May 2000 12:47:20 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm./avoidspam/org
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David M. <ElectroTX@webtv.net> wrote:
> Is anyone else miffed at the choice the 'standard-bearers' made?
> Maybe if we .geeks band together and unite to calling scuzzy sexy, it might
> be commonplace in a year....
You're not alone. <http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/SCSI.html>.
My impression is that it _was_ the geeks who came up with 'scuzzy'. It's
more amusing than 'sexy'. (Remember all the horrid advertizing surrounding
computers with 386SX and 486SX processors? Urg. No need to encourage that.)
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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| I wonder if I can start an underground movement among Apple/Mac groupies, fanatics, etc... to change the _horrid_ pronunciation of SCSI (scuzzy) to something a little better, like SCSI (sexy). When I first learned about the small computer systems (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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