[TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors)
Dave Horsfall
dave at horsfall.org
Thu Feb 6 05:08:00 AEST 2020
[ Did not see the OP's post ]
> "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Certainly not. When one sees a command name that duplicates a
>> frequently-used diminituve of a common name, the brain is going to
>> select that preferentially.
Yours might but mine doesn't so please don't generalise. At my age
(67) and computer experience (nearly 50 years) I take things like
context into account and don't anthropomorphise things.
[ Arnold ]
> ISTR thinking of it and calling it e-d, along with r-m, l-n, m-v and
> the other two-letter commands.
Which is what I call them.
-- Dave
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