Re: "vi" (was Re: HTML coding and UNIX)
by "Joshua Graham" <jagraham(at)ozemail.com.au>
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Definately 'vee-eye', the acronym for "visual interface", meaning the
"visual interface to the 'ed' editor".
>From memory, it's even explicitly stated in the In A Nutshell book (although
Mr Driscoll is the authority on what books we should be reading, so maybe
he'll have the correct reference <g>).
If you pronouce it 'veye', you remind me of the rabbi who was asked:
"Rabbi, why do rabbis always answer a question with a question?"
"Veye do you ask?"
Josh.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bigtime Buck <ssuter(at)umich.edu>
one question: my friend and i are having a lively debate, do you pronounce
vi as "veye" (to rhyme with eye) or as an acronym, V. I. ? i've heard both
pronunciations bandied about, so now i'm curious!
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