Q: what does the pronunciation of any one word have to do with the pronunciation of any other English word?
#A: FUCK ALL
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could you expand on this hypothesis?
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The new-ish California State University Channel Islands insists that CSUCI is pronounced “see-sushi”. Yeah, nice try. It’s “see-sucky”. Bonus points for the fact that it’s located on the grounds of a former state mental institution.
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Q: Why did the computer programmer die in the shower?
A: The shampoo bottle said “Lather, rinse, repeat.”
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Whenever the wife asks what took me so long in the shower I tell her that I read the shampoo instructions…
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Pung if you are from New Zealand
Sorry I could not hylp myself 
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jif? it’s a jaypack!
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Indeed. How do you say other file extensions? I find no rhyme or reason to guide us here.
jpg & jpeg: jay-peg
doc: doc
exe: ee echs ee
png: pee in jee
txt: text
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Uh…
Is this where I confess I actually say “dot tea ex tea file”?
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this goes back to my argument that ease-of-use (or ease of saying/mouthing?) and the consensus of how the end users actually use these words is as official as we’ll ever get. memetics, basically.
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Hey, at least you don’t say “kimp?”.
Well, technically the former is an inefficient software product, the latter an inefficient language.
SQL is best pronounced “squeal” for the simple reason that Tandem/Compaq/HP has a database product called “Nonstop SQL”. Also it works better for verbing the noun - “Gimme a minute, Jim, and I’ll squeal that for you”. And you can kick the database server and shout “Squeal! Squeal like a pig!” when you’re mad at it.
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The name of the file format should not be settled by people who do not know what CompuServe was.
CIS forever.
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I can contribute! See that horizontal line way out there, where the ocean meets the sky? It’s the WHORE-uh-ZON. 'Cause it’s WHORE-uh-ZON-tal.
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Gah! See how our acronyms get out of date.
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Well it cracked me up even if it wasn’t intentional.
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