Re: ASCII poll
From Bob Allison <bob...@gagme.wwa.com>
· alt.ascii-art
· 22 Apr 1994 16:21 · View full thread
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In article <Nve...@emr1.emr.ca>, Normand Veilleux <Nve...@emr1.emr.ca> wrote: >>From: C.M...@bradford.ac.uk (CM STRINGER) >> >>A recent argument with a friend has led to this poll. >>Please mail me (cms...@brad.ac.uk) and answer this crucial question: How >>do YOU pronounce ASCII? >>please say with a hard "C" or soft. Thankyou very much > >That's: > >AS like in aspect, and >CII like in key. This is the accepted pronounciation. Especially considering the 'C' stands for 'code' (which is a hard 'c' sound). I hadn't thought about it, but I should probably put a pronounciation of it in the FAQ. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :###### :##### :###### :####### :###### :##### ####### ::###### :### :### :### ####### ###### ######## ######## ###### ###### ######## ######## ### :### :### ### ::::### :::### :### ### :### ### :::### :::### :### ### :### ### :### :### ###### :### :::######## ####### :##### :### :::####### :### :### ### :### :### :###### ### :::######## ###### ::##### :### :::###### ::### :### ### :### :### ::::### ### :::### :### ### ### :### :::### :::### ### :### :### ### :### :### ####### ###### ### :### ### :### ###### ###### ### :### ######## ############# ###### ::##### ### :### ### :### ###### :##### ### :### :###### ::########### ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c657239fabee95a5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-04-22 09:21:16 PST Path: gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!hookup!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: bob...@gagme.wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: ASCII poll Date: 22 Apr 1994 11:21:16 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 708-367-1871 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <2p8ths$m2...@gagme.wwa.com> References: <199...@bradford.ac.uk> <Nve...@emr1.emr.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com
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