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| 2026-06-02 19:20:02 +0000 | <monochrom> | Ah. |
| 2026-06-02 19:19:55 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | [xyi] for me in IPA |
| 2026-06-02 19:19:52 +0000 | <mauke> | and not what to my german ears sounds like a "chäöü" combo |
| 2026-06-02 19:19:36 +0000 | <mauke> | the ones I know use the english "gooey" |
| 2026-06-02 19:19:26 +0000 | <monochrom> | Did they say "guy" instead? |
| 2026-06-02 19:19:18 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | what do they do instead? |
| 2026-06-02 19:18:56 +0000 | <mauke> | the trouble with the dutch is that they refuse to pronounce GUI as "gui" |
| 2026-06-02 19:18:46 +0000 | emilym | (~Thunderbi@user/emilym) emilym |
| 2026-06-02 19:18:28 +0000 | Digitteknohippie | Digit |
| 2026-06-02 19:18:16 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | I'm not sure german is much worse in that than dutch is |
| 2026-06-02 19:18:14 +0000 | <monochrom> | Yeah I was thinking "you guys have triple" :) |
| 2026-06-02 19:18:07 +0000 | <mauke> | streichholzschächtelchen |
| 2026-06-02 19:18:05 +0000 | merijn | (~merijn@host-cl.cgnat-g.v4.dfn.nl) merijn |
| 2026-06-02 19:17:55 +0000 | <int-e> | (or triple, whatever) |
| 2026-06-02 19:17:20 +0000 | <int-e> | tomsmeding: Also I'm german so maybe double consonants don't trouble me as much? |
| 2026-06-02 19:17:04 +0000 | <darkling> | Apparently spelling it out was considered correct. |
| 2026-06-02 19:16:48 +0000 | <darkling> | I used "cly" a couple of years ago, and got a wince, and a couple of sharp intakes of breath from the others present. |
| 2026-06-02 19:15:16 +0000 | <mauke> | "comman' line" works fine |
| 2026-06-02 19:15:13 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | c'mon-line |
| 2026-06-02 19:14:57 +0000 | <int-e> | tomsmeding: so suppress it |
| 2026-06-02 19:14:44 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | int-e: but the d in "command line" makes it harder to say |
| 2026-06-02 19:14:31 +0000 | <mauke> | a gooey |
| 2026-06-02 19:14:23 +0000 | <int-e> | "command line" has just as many syllables as "cee ell eye" |
| 2026-06-02 19:14:19 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | see ell eye, for me, though I would use tee you eye in english and tui in dutch |
| 2026-06-02 19:14:02 +0000 | <mauke> | ... "silly"? |
| 2026-06-02 19:14:01 +0000 | <olsner> | a tooey? |
| 2026-06-02 19:13:46 +0000 | <darkling> | (Or something else) |
| 2026-06-02 19:13:37 +0000 | <darkling> | Do people use a see ell eye, or a cly? |
| 2026-06-02 19:13:27 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | (tm) |
| 2026-06-02 19:13:20 +0000 | <mauke> | I pronounce Haskell "Miranda" |
| 2026-06-02 19:12:58 +0000 | <geekosaur> | that said I always avoided "sequel" because it's an IBM trademark (it derives from their SEQUEL II language) |
| 2026-06-02 19:12:56 +0000 | <monochrom> | Oh heh. |
| 2026-06-02 19:12:52 +0000 | <darkling> | int-e: Don't forget Never Twice Same Colour, Systéme Electronique pour Confuser les AMericains, and Perfect At Last. |
| 2026-06-02 19:12:46 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | I can see why |
| 2026-06-02 19:12:44 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | > Starting with the PCMCIA card in 1990 (the name later simplified to PC Card) |
| 2026-06-02 19:12:11 +0000 | lisbeths | (uid135845@id-135845.lymington.irccloud.com) lisbeths |
| 2026-06-02 19:12:06 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | somewhat |
| 2026-06-02 19:12:02 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | I am |
| 2026-06-02 19:12:00 +0000 | <mauke> | "send mail to people" |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:57 +0000 | <int-e> | tomsmeding: you're young |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:50 +0000 | <geekosaur> | "eb-sə-dik" |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:49 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | (I actually haven't ever seen PCMCIA before) |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:40 +0000 | <int-e> | (I actually might, because I still love that joke.) |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:36 +0000 | <tomsmeding> | /p.km.kia/ |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:31 +0000 | <monochrom> | haha |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:23 +0000 | <int-e> | monochrom: "people can't memorize compuiter industry acronyms" |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:22 +0000 | <darkling> | Like EBCDIC. |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:11 +0000 | <darkling> | But letter-by-letter. |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:10 +0000 | <monochrom> | heh |
| 2026-06-02 19:11:06 +0000 | <darkling> | I always try not to. |