Do not call them PCMCIA Cards (was "An interesting eBay find ....)

-----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk- bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jim MacKenzie Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:14 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Do not call them PCMCIA Cards (was "An interesting eBay find ....) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason T" <silent700 at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:49 PM Subject: Re: Do not call them PCMCIA Cards (was "An interesting eBay find ....) I have it pronounced "leads" (like the metal, not the things hanging off your oscilloscope)...by employees of Radio Shack. Ufff. === Even that's ambiguous... just like you said. To me they've always been L-E-Ds... since their cousin is an L-C-D. Then again, I think I called LEDs that since before LCDs were common.. I don't tend to pronounce acronyms that much, since they aren't meant to be pronounced (which leads to interesting acronyms like "VW", which takes longer to pronounce than the word it abbreviates, but then again I'm thankful we don't call it a "voow").