15 Jul
2009
15 Jul
'09
6:22 p.m.
Brian Wheeler wrote:
I suppose the pronunciation of "etc" is a
flamewar waiting to happen as
well :)
It's always "Et-Cee" short for et-cetera. (let the flames
begin.)
(I've always found it odd that etc wasn't called something like /conf,
but of course, in the early Unixen, there were binaries in /etc so it
really was an et cetera directory.)
Another fun one is what to call "vi" - (I always called vai, never veee
aye - that can start a flame fest too) but if anyone calls it 6, they'll
get slapped with a tuna. :-)
fsck (pronounced fisk) is fun too... it almost sounds like a word..
"That fsck'ing volume got corrupted again."