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Re: Another load of typos



On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 05:32:10AM +0100, Florian Zumbiehl wrote:
> HPGL
> HTML
> HTTPS

These three vary because the letter H is pronounced starting with either
a 'h' (haich) or an 'a' (aich). This is _probably_ a distinction between
American and British English, although it was originally a distinction
between social class of the speaker of British English.  (cf. Pygmalion,
I believe) But I don't know which one's which.

For me, "An aich-pee printer" sounds just as good as "a haich-pee
printer".

I just wanted to mention it, and also because this way I can have "pee"
associated with the Debian mailing lists in google. ^_^

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