[TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors)

[Rob Pike]

I think we called it troff, because that's what it was. Brian might
remember if it was ever used widely with the prefix. I don't think it was,
within 1127. That spelling doesn't appear anywhere in the Research Unix
manuals for v8, v9, or v10.

-rob


On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 10:06 PM Ralph Corderoy <ralph at inputplus.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> > nroff: enn-roff (because it was the descendant of roff)
> > troff: tee-roff
>
> One I've wondered about for a long time is ditroff.
> What was that?
>
>     1.  die-tee-roff
>     2.  dee-eye-tee-roff
>     3.  ditt-roff
>     4.  die-troff
>     5.  Something else...
>
> --
> Cheers, Ralph.
>
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