The Great Vi Controversy

Brian Matthews blm at 6sigma.UUCP
Wed Oct 25 09:39:12 AEST 1989


In article <49631 at oliveb.olivetti.com> swirsky at olivee.olivetti.com (Robert Swirsky) writes:
|> A number of people pointed out that the vi manual says vee-eye is correct.
|Perhaps a better way to tell a wizard is from the way he/she pronounces
|"gigabyte." If a person pronounces it with a *soft* "g" (as in gigantic)
|that person knows what he/she's talking about.
|Every dictionary in the universe says that a soft g is preferred/correct.

Actually, my Alpha Centauran dictionary says it's pronounced [&@)-3#~y,
but then what do those Alpha Centaurans know anyways? :-)
-- 
Brian L. Matthews	blm at 6sigma.UUCP



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