
9 Oct
2009
9 Oct
'09
6:47 p.m.
"Gregg" == Gregg Reynolds
writes:
Gregg> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:08 AM, Colin Paul Adams
Gregg>
"George" == George Pollard
writes: >> George> I'd also like to note that the canonical pronunciation of George> DSL ends in "-izzle". >> >> Whose canon? >> >> Interestingly, I have always assumed the canonical >> pronunciation of DSSSL was diesel, as JADE stands for JAmes's >> DSSSL Engine. >> >> I don't see why removing extra S-es should shorten the vowel. >> >> Wht vwl? U mst b Englsh. 2 n Amrcn, DSSSL is "dissel"; all >> short vowels.
Certainly I am English, and so is James Clark. -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire