17 Jul
2009
17 Jul
'09
6:47 a.m.
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Jul 16, 2009, at 4:30 PM, John Floren wrote:
You don't like this convention? Righto.
[head explodes again] ;)
Oh no-o!
*runs*
g.
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>> 'puter ("pewter"), or worse yet,
"pooter" (the redneck pronunciation)
>> as a diminutive/dismissive term for "*COM*puter". Bleah!
>
> "Distro". [head explodes]
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. ;)