16 Jul
2009
16 Jul
'09
1:30 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Dave McGuire<mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On Jul 16, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
That one I can at least understand because of Ozzie "-o" slang
("Medico" for doctor, "Doco" for Documentation, "Smoko" for
smoke
break, among numerous examples). ?I have no idea if that's where
"Distro" originates, but it at least follows a well established
dialectical pattern.
?Yes. ?One that annoys the living crap out of me. ;)
? ? ? ? ?-Dave
You don't like this convention? Righto.
John
--
"I've tried programming Ruby on Rails, following TechCrunch in my RSS
reader, and drinking absinthe. It doesn't work. I'm going back to C,
Hunter S. Thompson, and cheap whiskey." -- Ted Dziuba
'puter ("pewter"), or worse yet, "pooter" (the redneck
pronunciation)
as a diminutive/dismissive term for "*COM*puter". ?Bleah!
?"Distro". ? [head explodes]