1 Aug
2010
1 Aug
'10
11:46 p.m.
The ones I do remember
1. BA11-ES always referred to as a Balls box
2. RSTS as Ristus
3. RSX as Our sex
Plus those pronounced as written MUMPS, HASP, KMON, RMON
Regards
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Rod Smallwood
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-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: 30 July 2010 21:20
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Pronouncing acronyms (was Re: DEC acronyms)
On 7/30/10, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Here, I've heard "Ih-bem Peck" (same 'i' sound you describe), but
it
was usually used in a less-than-flattering context.
The most gratuitous example of this I can recall is the Sesame Street
character Big Bird attempting to pronounce the 26-letter Western
alphabet as a single word
("ab-cer-def-gee-jeckle-mernop-kur-stoov-wik-siz" -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC%E2%80%93DEF%E2%80%93GHI)
-ethan
One of my
"hobbies" (some
might call it an obsession) is figuring a way to pronounce any given
acronym as a word....
:-)
I've been know to refer to the 5150 as the 'I-Bum Puck' :-). The first
'I' is short --'e' not 'eye' as I pronounce it...