| JP Vossen on 10 Feb 2016 11:11:56 -0800 |
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Definitely "etsy" and "user" for me. But what about "www"? "World wide web" or "dub, dub, dub"? That one really depends on the audience. On 02/10/2016 02:07 PM, Doug Stewart wrote: > The other controversy: some people say U-S-R instead of "user". > > -- > Doug Stewart > > On Feb 10, 2016, at 2:03 PM, Chris Norton <chris@nortoninc.info > <mailto:chris@nortoninc.info>> wrote: > >> Don't coddle the windows people, Anthony. Make them understand! >> >> Your wife, on the other hand, by all means, coddle! >> >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Anthony Martin >> <anthony.j.martin142@gmail.com <mailto:anthony.j.martin142@gmail.com>> >> wrote: >> >> If im talking to a windows person or walking my wife through >> something I will sat E-T-C but other than that yeah its etsy. >> >> Anthony Martin >> >> Linux System Administrator >> >> anthony.j.martin142@gmail.com <mailto:anthony.j.martin142@gmail.com> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Thomas Delrue >> <delrue.thomas@gmail.com <mailto:delrue.thomas@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > et cetera (with a 'k', mind you...) :P > > (What is this, vi[m] versus emacs or something?) > > On 02/10/2016 01:53 PM, Chris Norton wrote: >> I say etsy as well. I don't know anyone that says it E T C. > >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Doug Stewart <zamoose@gmail.com <mailto:zamoose@gmail.com>> >> wrote: > >>> In a room full of sysadmins I got a weird look when I said "just >>> edit etsy hosts". They all spell it out E-T-C, which is obviously >>> 50% less efficient, syllable-wise. Later, JP -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- JP Vossen, CISSP | http://www.jpsdomain.org/ | http://bashcookbook.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug