Re: ed.

From	Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com>
Newsgroups	comp.editors
Subject	Re: ed.
Date	2026-06-09 05:01 -0400
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On 2026-06-08 17:42, Keith Thompson wrote:
> cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:
> [...]
>> (Those in the know refer to it as e-d, pronounced "ee dee", not
>> "Ed" as in the short form of Edward. :-))
> 
> Oh?  I've always heard it pronounced "ed", not "ee dee".
> Then again, I see it in writing far more often than I hear it
> spoken.

I always thought `ed` was short for editor and `vi` short for visual (`ex` for 
extended) for similar reasons many older Unix commands are two letters.

I had a boss who pronounced `rm` as "rhum" (as I heard it).  Took me a while 
figure out what he meant.


> On the other hand, I've almost always heard "vi" pronounced as
> "vee eye", not "vie" (and definitely not "six").
> 


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Anthony C Howe
achowe@snert.com                              BarricadeMX & Milters
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Re: ed __ ___ ________ ____ ______. gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-06-08 14:12 +0000
  Re: ed. cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-08 19:30 +0000
    Re: ed. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-06-08 14:42 -0700
      Re: ed. cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-09 02:26 +0000
        Re: ed. cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-09 16:34 +0000
      Re: ed. Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2026-06-09 05:01 -0400

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