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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <nospam-4AED78.04080818022013 at news.chingola.ch>,
	Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> 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 believe sync pre-dates computers by rather a long time.  Isn't it
actually derived from rather ancient Greek?  

>  
>> 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? :-)
> 

My daughter studied architecture.  They don't pronounce it that way
over here.

bill

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