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Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ?

From Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid>
Subject Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ?
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
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Date 2017-05-16 03:53 -0500

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Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem> wrote:
> On Sun, 14 May 2017 22:17:35 -0700 (PDT)
> Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> [...] so I'll share my secret method for instantly learning
>> these words and then never forgetting them, back when UserRPL called
>> them ROT and UNROT. The secret is: pronounce them "rot", as in "to
>> decay". 
> 
> Isn't it "rot" as in "rotate" or "rote"? (long "Oh" vowel) I don't see
> how "rot" (short "Ah" vowel) as in decay helps.

It depends where you are from.  See Commonwealth Hackish: n.,
http://catb.org/jargon/html/C/Commonwealth-Hackish.html

Andrew.

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Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem> - 2017-05-13 18:00 -0400
  Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-05-13 15:19 -0700
  Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-05-13 13:21 -1000
  Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-14 11:23 +1000
  Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 00:34 -0700
    Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-15 10:12 +1000
    Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 23:43 -0400
      Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-15 13:47 +1000
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "Rudy Velthuis" <newsgroups@rvelthuis.de> - 2017-05-15 09:51 +0000
      Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-14 21:42 -0700
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 22:17 -0700
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem> - 2017-05-15 17:57 -0400
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 15:49 -0700
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 02:16 -0400
              Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 19:54 -0700
                Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-05-17 08:11 +0200
                Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-05-17 11:09 +0000
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-05-16 03:53 -0500
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 01:21 -0400
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-05-15 00:30 -0500
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 22:40 -0700
              Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 02:06 -0700
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-05-15 22:45 -0700
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-05-15 09:05 +0200
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 02:11 -0700
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "Rudy Velthuis" <newsgroups@rvelthuis.de> - 2017-05-15 09:52 +0000
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-05-15 05:48 +0000
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-05-15 05:14 -0500
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-05-15 11:40 +0000
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 02:03 -0700
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2017-05-15 21:24 +0200
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-16 09:57 +1000
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-05-16 08:09 +0200
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-17 00:54 +1000

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