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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 01 Jun 1997 00:55:13 +0200
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mellis@dircon.co.uk (Mike Ellis) writes:

> Sorry to spoil the fun but these are not acronyms. An acronym is an
> abbreviation which can be pronounced as if it were a word. How on
> earth does one pronounce tcsh ?

People keep asking me the same thing about my name. :-)

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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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