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

[Paul Sture]

In article 
<b4a315a1-6cfc-4ecc-b21b-43d6245a7755 at hq4g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
 AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> sync, synced, syncing

I believe that sync is a relatively recent usage, being a computer 
abbreviation of synchronised.
 
> I'm guessing that if a the ending c is immediately preceded by a
> consonant, you don't add the k.
> 
> But there's an exception to the exception!
> 
> spec, specced or spec'd, speccing - all pronounced with a k.

My father was an architect and would pronounce those with a soft c as in 
specification.  Who'd have thunk that different trades have different 
pronunciations? :-)

-- 
Paul Sture