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Re: Bad Choices
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:39:37 GMT
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> 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? :-)
ick! URL, no way, u-r-l :) I say both "scsi" and S-C-S-I... the one that gets
to me is "edu" (ed-you) instead of e-d-u :)
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Good, good, I'm not alone :-0 And Todd says U-R-L too! hehe... that makes the difference. ;-) FTR, I say e-d-u!! -Shiri (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: Bad Choices
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| (...) People here at Boston University say "edjoo". And the domain has been around since 1986, so it's likely they know. :) It's so much less work to say. And look at usenet: no one calls the comp hierarchy the see oh em pee hierarchy, for example. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-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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