[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <b08c69e6-5f41-48e5-b0a0-a45c845066d6 at fw24g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
	AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> writes:
> On Feb 11, 10:09 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
> Koehler) wrote:
>> In article <13bcadfd-0102-4dca-98be-471859f09... at ia3g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>
>> > So VAXes it is. VAXen is illogical. The term has no parallel in the
>> > English language.
>>
>>    Niether does the spelling of laugh.  Both are exceptions adapted by
>>    the society that uses them.
> It's still illogical, and computers are logical. Therefore, it is
> illogical to use an illogical term to describe a logical entity.
> Yes, English is illogical, but that doesn't mean we have to add
> illogical words. Furthermore, laugh is illogical w.r.t. pronunciation,
> VAXen and VAXes are not. And why lump VAX with ox? Is the VAX like an
> ox? Oh, how about tough? rough? cough? enough? trough? All have gh
> pronounced as f, if that's what you mean.
> How about this: VAX pl. VAXen or VAXes or VAX systems. That's pretty
> standard in the dictionary. For example, from webster.com:
> plural oc·to·pus·es or oc·to·pi.
> plural an·ten·nae or an·ten·nas
> plural fun·gi also fun·gus·es
> So what exactly is the appeal of the term VAXen?
>> It's too late to tell us to use VAXes
>>    when we all know the plural of VAX is VAXen.
> Is it really? By what criteria? By VAX users? sysmgrs? cov
> participants?
> Searching cov for VAXen and VAXes and "VAX systems"
> 10,100 results for vaxen
>  5,180 results for vaxes
>  3,150 results for "vax systems"
> That's a fairly respectable number. Certainly worth an "also", if not
> an "or".

Vaces....  You still forgot Vaces....  And what about when it has the
-11 after it?  What then.  (And we won't even get into V/AX which I
saw on the cover of one of my older books.)

bill

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