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Re: Bad Choices
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:25:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Tobias Möller writes:
> > Um, am I the only one who says the actual *letters* (S-C-S-I) instead of
> > a word?
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> BTW... after talking to some people on the phone yesterday, I realized that I
> might be saying URL the wrong way... I say it U-R-L but some people say "url"
> (rhymes with girl)... Or do they? :-)
AFAIK, U-R-L ("Yoo Arr Ell") is the right way -- but people sometimes say
"url" (like "duke of url" ;-) if they want to be cutesey or funny. I've
never heard anyone say "url" unless they were ready to duck. :-)
--Todd
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| (...) But could i be the only one to refer to HTML as "hatemail"? or .shtml as (pardon my language) sh*tmail? <whining.."but that's what they look like without vowels...> Regards, --Electro-- (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) BTW... after talking to some people on the phone yesterday, I realized that I might be saying URL the wrong way... I say it U-R-L but some people say "url" (rhymes with girl)... Or do they? :-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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