[Tfug] OT: Hacker Slang

[Leo Przybylski]

Ooops...nevermind. I guess you do ^_^

&Leo();

Eduardo Bernal wrote:

>I've always pronounced it "ch-mod" and "chown" rhyming with "clone",
>probably a sci-fi influence at work; they look like the names of aliens.
>What about shell names? Does anybody else say "seesh" for csh, "teesh"
>for tcsh" and "kaysh" for ksh (leading, of course, to "zeesh" for zsh
>and prompting me to say "Sheesh!" aloud)
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>Ed
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>Leo Przybylski wrote:
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>>One of my favorites...
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>>C-H-mod or Ch-mod? Likewise with C-H-own or Ch-own and just about
>>everything else that starts with 'ch'. Ch-mod has always been very
>>awkward for my tongue.
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>>&Leo();
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