pronunciation

[Kevin Darcy]

I've heard some people pronounce "named" like the past participle or adjective,
i.e. as a single syllable.

<cringe>

This could make a total mess out of a term like "named pipe"...


- Kevin

Randy Adams wrote:

> My other favorite.
>
> bind  bin-dee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert L. Yelvington [mailto:robert at sciresearch.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 12:41 PM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> Subject: Re: pronunciation
>
> down here in da bayou(LA, USA) we say, "Dat darn arpa file."
>
> ~rob (aka 'dat computer guy')
>
> on 7/12/01 3:56 PM, Will Yardley at william at hq.newdream.net wrote:
>
> >
> > ok so perhaps this is a dumb question, but what is the correct way to
> > _pronounce_ in-addr.arpa. - does one say it 'internet address dot arpa' or
> > 'in adder arpa' or what?
> >
> > is there a convention, or is this like fsck or etc (ie everyone pronounces
> it
> > differently).
> >
> > w
> >