From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: How to pronouncd "Emacs"?
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 06:30:26 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-148A4E.01302606122003@netnews.attbi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: s38ptffrxki.fsf@supinum.ling.uu.se
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In article <s38ptffrxki.fsf@supinum.ling.uu.se>,
bkhl@elektrubadur.se (Björn Lindström) wrote:
> Anyway, I wouldn't say that any of the dictionaries are authorities on
> actual usage. (Even if EE-MAKS is probably one of the more common).
I've been using Emacs for 24 years, I learned it where it was created,
and I've heard RMS speak about it. I've never heard it pronounced
anything other than EE-MAKS. In fact, this is the first time I can
recall anyone questioning the pronunciation. Perhaps if the name were
derived from something like EMulator ACtorS, EM-AKS would be a
reasonable pronunciation. But since the E and M are from different
words, it makes most sense for it to be treated like E-Macs. Even
though the E is short in the original word, it becomes long when used in
an abbriviation (like the "i" in many Internet-related services and
products that are called "i<Something>").
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Woburn, MA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-06 6:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-26 1:36 How to pronouncd "Emacs"? Jason
2003-11-26 1:49 ` Björn Lindström
2003-11-26 3:31 ` leo
2003-11-26 14:38 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2003-11-26 14:53 ` Björn Lindström
2003-12-06 6:30 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2003-11-27 4:44 ` Brad Collins
[not found] ` <mailman.688.1069912541.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-27 12:56 ` David Kastrup
2003-11-26 17:03 ` Galen Boyer
2003-11-26 21:45 ` sebyte
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