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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2013-02-17, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
> In article 
><b4a315a1-6cfc-4ecc-b21b-43d6245a7755 at hq4g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
>  AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 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? :-)
>

If you want to determine if someone works with networks/electronics then
ask them to pronounce "coax" as a standalone word without any other context.

(ie: co-kes versus co-axe)

Simon.

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