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Re: ed.

From cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups comp.editors
Subject Re: ed.
Date 2026-06-09 16:34 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <1109fbb$rnp$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References <slrn112c9fb.2pa2.zaydm@new.localdomain> <110758t$k7n$1@reader1.panix.com> <1107cvd$3hr0r$2@kst.eternal-september.org> <1107tl1$fki$1@reader1.panix.com>

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In article <1107tl1$fki$1@reader1.panix.com>,
Dan Cross <cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>In article <1107cvd$3hr0r$2@kst.eternal-september.org>,
>Keith Thompson  <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> 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.
>
>Yup.  Brian Kernighan was in a video talking about it at a
>conference a year or two ago and mentioned it as an aside.

Aha, I found a reference: Brian Kernighan giving an interview
talks about it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VmQlHGBwRBo

	- Dan C.

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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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