Re: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
Re: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
- Subject: Re: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:18:42 -0800
At 12:17 +1100 3/14/01, David Lloyd wrote:
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In regards to OS X pronunciation, Michael Turner said:
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>> Postscript:
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>> I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex".
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Oh sure, and when you read an old clock, is it Ten o'clock, or Ex o'clock?
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And now that we've* been trained to pronounce the X as "10"...how are we
supposed to pronounce "Mac OS X 10.0" which seems to be the name of what is
coming March 24? "Mac Oh Ess ten ten point zero" isn't the sort of phrase
from which vast fortunes are made.
* the trainable amongst us, that is
--John (who may go back to "ex")
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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA