From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bkhl@elektrubadur.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?Bj=F6rn_Lindstr=F6m?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to pronouncd "Emacs"? Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:49:19 +0100 Organization: Upsalafandom Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069812010 31851 80.91.224.253 (26 Nov 2003 02:00:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:00:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 26 03:00:08 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AOoyO-0007Zj-00 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 03:00:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AOpuw-0000j9-TN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:00:38 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-PGP-Key: http://bkhl.elektrubadur.se/Key.html X-Home-Page: http://bkhl.elektrubadur.se/ User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:91v2Mwxse19cD3q/to2AXVD6jak= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: supinum.ling.uu.se Original-X-Trace: puffinus.its.uu.se 1069811359 supinum.ling.uu.se (26 Nov 2003 02:49:19 +0100) Original-Lines: 12 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!puffinus.its.uu.se Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118641 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14583 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14583 "Jason" writes: > I am a novice.:) I can't found it in my dictionary. Somebody knows it? Since it originally is an abbreviation of Extended MACroS, EH-MACKS seems like a good choice. EE-MACKS is probably just as common, though, as well as various regional variations. (I usually pronounce it as you would in Swedish, for example. -- Björn Lindström