Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 21 Apr 1994.
ASCII poll
alt.ascii-art
· 7 messages · 21 Apr 1994 - 23 Apr 1994
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 -- o _______________ Mike Stringer /\_ _| | "If wishes were horses, beggars would sell dog food" _\__`[_______________| Scream for assistance. It'll help, I promise. ] [ \, ][ ][
>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. Boy, I'm I glad you didn't want to know how to pronounce EBCDIC :-) -- Normand Veilleux nve...@emr1.emr.ca ----------------------------
>Please mail me (cms...@brad.ac.uk) and answer this crucial question: How >do YOU pronounce ASCII? I say it as: ASS+SKI (phonetically) Row.
C.M...@bradford.ac.uk (CM STRINGER) writes: >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 >-- > o _______________ Mike Stringer > /\_ _| | "If wishes were horses, beggars would sell dog food" >_\__`[_______________| Scream for assistance. It'll help, I promise. >] [ \, ][ ][ hard C-- dMMMMMMMMb dMP dMP dMP dMP"dMP"dMP amr dMP dMP gjt...@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au dMP dMP dMP dMP dMP dMP dMP dMP dMP dMP dMP dMP "goin off, goin right off, dMP dMP dMP dMP dMMMMMP dMMMMMP like a frog in a sock"
CM STRINGER (C.M...@bradford.ac.uk) wrote: : 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 With a hard "C". (When I was a "neophyte" with computers, I pronounced it as "aye ess see two". My brother, a computer nerd, told me it was "ass key". -- | J. Grady Lacy | gla...@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu | | Asst. Prof. Modern Foreign Languages| Voice: +1-912-333-5948 | | Valdosta State University | Fax: +1-912-333-7408 | | Valdosta, GA 31698-0045 USA | |
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. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :###### :##### :###### :####### :###### :##### ####### ::###### :### :### :### ####### ###### ######## ######## ###### ###### ######## ######## ### :### :### ### ::::### :::### :### ### :### ### :::### :::### :### ### :### ### :### :### ###### :### :::######## ####### :##### :### :::####### :### :### ### :### :### :###### ### :::######## ###### ::##### :### :::###### ::### :### ### :### :### ::::### ### :::### :### ### ### :### :::### :::### ### :### :### ### :### :### ####### ###### ### :### ### :### ###### ###### ### :### ######## ############# ###### ::##### ### :### ### :### ###### :##### ### :### :###### ::########### ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The C is hard like a k because it stands for Computer:
ASCII is American Standard Computer ? ? I think.
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-- syl...@netcom.com
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