On 2015-02-22, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well, I suppose that all depends how you pronounce tty. I hear people
>> pronounce pty like pitty.
>
> tetty-calc? Try a,e,i,o,u,y. There isn't actually much choice left!! But
> tetty-calc is fine.
>
Well, if pty is pronounced pitty, then tty should be pronounced ...
Oh, I see, that wouldn't do, now, would it, so let's try
left field?
curty@einstein:~$ dict tty
3 definitions found
>From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 July 2010) [foldoc]:
tty
<hardware> /tit'ee/ ({ITS} pronunciation, but some {Unix}
people say it this way as well; this pronunciation is not
considered to have sexual undertones), /T T Y/
Sexual undertones!
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