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SCSI - pronunciation
why is SCSI pronounced as "scuzzy"? Is there any justification (etymology?, association?)?
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[nq:1]why is SCSI pronounced as "scuzzy"? [/nq] Apple agitated for the pronunciation "****" but it didn't take. If it's going to be pronounced at all (rather than spelled out), there aren't that many options.
- [nq:1]why is SCSI pronounced as "scuzzy"?
- [/nq] Apple agitated for the pronunciation "****" but it didn't take.
- If it's going to be pronounced at all (rather than spelled out), there aren't that many options.
- "Skizzy", maybe.
- But no, there's no etymological justification.
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[nq:1]why is SCSI pronounced as "scuzzy"? Is there any justification (etymology?, association?)?[/nq]
Apple agitated for the pronunciation "****" but it didn't take. If it's going to be pronounced at all (rather than spelled out), there aren't that many options. "Skizzy", maybe. But no, there's no etymological justification.
rzed
Apple agitated for the pronunciation "****" but it didn't take. If it's going to be pronounced at all (rather than spelled out), there aren't that many options. "Skizzy", maybe. But no, there's no etymological justification.
rzed
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[nq:1]why is SCSI pronounced as "scuzzy"? Is there any justification (etymology?, association?)?[/nq]
None is needed. This is simply the
closest approximation, as if SCSI were
a natural word.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
None is needed. This is simply the
closest approximation, as if SCSI were
a natural word.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]why is SCSI pronounced as "scuzzy"? Is there any justification (etymology?, association?)?[/nq]
This is all that the Jargon Lexicon has to say about it:
SCSI: n.
(Small Computer System Interface) A bus-independent standard for system-level interfacing between a
computer and intelligent devices. Typically
annotated in literature with '****' (/sek´see/),
'sissy' (/
This is all that the Jargon Lexicon has to say about it:
SCSI: n.
(Small Computer System Interface) A bus-independent standard for system-level interfacing between a
computer and intelligent devices. Typically
annotated in literature with '****' (/sek´see/),
'sissy' (/
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[nq:1]why is SCSI pronounced as "scuzzy"? Is there any justification (etymology?, association?)?[/nq]
The association I have with it is with "scuzzy" the slang abbreviation for "disgusting". I don't know whether that's a justification.
Don't let "scuzzy" guide your pronuncation of "disgusting", by the way. I say /d@s'gVstIN/. It would be hard to tell from /d@s'kVstIN/, but it definite
The association I have with it is with "scuzzy" the slang abbreviation for "disgusting". I don't know whether that's a justification.
Don't let "scuzzy" guide your pronuncation of "disgusting", by the way. I say /d@s'gVstIN/. It would be hard to tell from /d@s'kVstIN/, but it definite
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[nq:2]why is SCSI pronounced as "scuzzy"? Is there any justification (etymology?, association?)?[/nq]
[nq:1]None is needed. This is simply the closest approximation, as if SCSI were a natural word.[/nq]
It isn't?
Jon Miller
[nq:1]None is needed. This is simply the closest approximation, as if SCSI were a natural word.[/nq]
It isn't?
Jon Miller
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