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| From | Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: determining screen resolution over the web |
| Date | 2014-08-01 11:01 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <a4lnt99kj45ibs16luo41853l4usirhkrq@4ax.com> (permalink) |
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On 1 Aug 2014 00:15:20 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:
[snip]
> I have devised a new rule for easy pronunciation: Use the
> first and last letter with an »i« in between: So »CSS«
> can be pronounced »cis«, »PDF« »pif«, »HTML« »hil«, »XHMTL«
> »xil«, »XML« »egg smell« (this is a special-case rule in
> my pronunciation system that I had not mentioned before
> for the sake of simplification). »Java« is usually not
> pronounced »jia«, because »Java« already can be pronounced
> easily as it is, so the rule does not apply.
That could be confusing. In particular, "CSS" could get confused
with "sys" (common short form for "system"), and PDF files could get
confused with .PIF files.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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