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Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words



Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

> chroot = tchroot (Ch as in Chekhov + root - there's an unavoidable very 
> short middle e or a sound as you say it because you can't easily go from 
> one syllable to the other)

   It's called schwa, and represented by a lowercase `e' rotated 180
degrees about the axis perpendicular to the paper (screen :-),
presumably the way a typesetter could flip an `e' without casting a new
glyph.

   Don't you feel better now, knowing this?  :-)

-- 
	    Best wishes,

	    	 Max Hyre


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