Rick and Michael,
Those of us who grew up in the United Nations community around UNICEF
pronounce it "YOU-KNEE-CODE" (I never did learn all those dictionary
symbols)
and Unix "YOU-NIX" (unlike the operating system in Turkish harems,
"YOU-NUX")
Well, Rick, if she still thinks your a hick, I think that at least you're an
international one!
Clive Hohberger
Zebra Technologies Corporation
Chicago
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Everson [SMTP:everson@indigo.ie]
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 6:11 AM
> To: Unicode List
> Subject: Pronunciation
>
> Ar 20:22 -0700 1999-05-27, scríobh John Cowan:
> >Rick McGowan scripsit:
> >
> >> If Unicode were about finding better ways to write various languages,
> >> it would almost certainly be called "yunikod".
> >
> >BTW, how do people pronounce "Unicode" in English? I say [junikod],
> >which my wife claims makes me sound like a hick. She says it ought to
> >be [jun@kod] (@ = schwa).
>
> I say [jun@kod] or [junIkod]. Just like "universe", which I wouldn't say
> [junivrs]. More "unit" than "unique" in other words.
>
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