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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 21 Apr 1994.
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Ascii Poll

Ascii Poll

alt.ascii-art · 3 messages · 21 Apr 1994 - 22 Apr 1994
"Steven M Sullivan" <STE...@OFFICE.WANG.COM> ASCII art 21 Apr 1994 17:18 · permalink 
>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

Hmmmm, I've always pronounced it Ass-Key...

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... Syber ... <rta...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> 22 Apr 1994 07:00 · permalink 
STE...@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Steven M Sullivan") 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

>Hmmmm, I've always pronounced it Ass-Key...

how would you pro-nounce it with a soft C anywyas? "Ass-shee"?

Ass-key is the way I pronounce it.

 
Burhan Syed                      _\/_            rta...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
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Bob Allison <bob...@gagme.wwa.com> ASCII art 22 Apr 1994 16:28 · permalink 
In article <2p7slt$q6...@quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca>,
... Syber ... <rta...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>STE...@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Steven M Sullivan") 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
>
>>Hmmmm, I've always pronounced it Ass-Key...
>
>how would you pro-nounce it with a soft C anywyas? "Ass-shee"?
>
>Ass-key is the way I pronounce it.
 ^^^ ^^^
   Hmmmm ... wonder what Freud would say about that?

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