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Gotta stab a new drive into computer (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Mental outlaw said that and it just stayed in my head ever since. Just like /etc is 'etsy'.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Or SQL is Squeal

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sacrilege!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

No squeal

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

SQL has always been Skull in my head. I think it is because I hated it when in college and associated it with dying inside.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Not sequel?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Though I know it means "et cetera" when reading my brain has always "heard" that word - whether in the context of the word "etc." or the computing /etc - as pronounced "ettick." As in, "you need to edit your ettick f-stab file."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How else would you say /etc ?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

E-T-C

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Echo Tango Charlie

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

et cetera