On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Jeff Kell wrote: > went out the door the first time I talked to a Un*x-guru. Are you saying > that there are as many conversational forms of these items as there are > flavors of Un*x? :-) Most people seem to agree with your pronunciations; however, I know of some who like to take nails to the chalkboard and butcher UNIX pronunciations even more so... (ie. etc == "et ick" and so forth) Daniel Kosack -- Linux Man -- [log in to unmask] --Nothing is ever impossible. Imagination and improvisation are the key.