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Reply #15 - Oct 9th, 2003 at 5:27pm

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I think the best way to do it is to treat them just as words.  If the syllable has a vowel, then pronounce it.  .exe: "ehx-uh".  If no vowel, treat it as a abbreviation.  .w3d: "dub-ya-three-dee"  .tmp is the only exception for me, as I just say temp or try to pronouce tmp.
 
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Reply #16 - Oct 9th, 2003 at 7:13pm

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  I have always just said the letters, never really thought about it any further until now.
 
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Reply #17 - Oct 9th, 2003 at 8:37pm

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*.csys



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Reply #18 - Oct 9th, 2003 at 9:48pm

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How would you pronounce that? Grin



Hint: (re: the PMP part) I would use my .prx(singular though)to accomplish the first letter "P"and, my pants, would also be involved in this act. Embarrassed
 
.....so I loaded up the plane and moved to Middle-EEEE..........OIL..that is......
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Reply #19 - Oct 10th, 2003 at 10:21am
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[german spelling]
.bmp   - be em pe
.jpg - jot pe ge
.cfg - zeh ef ge
.exe - ekse
.dll - de ell ell
DSL - De Es El
FS 2004 - Ef Es Zwo Tausend Vier
[/german spelling]

well,don't try this at home...you'd be totally confused. Tongue
 
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Reply #20 - Oct 10th, 2003 at 1:08pm

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Zwo

Zwo?  Have you been listening to Rammstein again? Wink
 
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Reply #21 - Oct 10th, 2003 at 6:25pm
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lol,i usually spell it that way,even without listening to rammstein. Grin
 
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Reply #22 - Oct 10th, 2003 at 8:23pm

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How would you pronounce that? Grin


rof pimp?
 
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Reply #23 - Oct 10th, 2003 at 9:11pm

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or........ROHF-POOMP Roll Eyes  Lips Sealed Cheesy
 
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Reply #24 - Oct 11th, 2003 at 1:13am

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Slightly off-topic. Have you ever caught yourself using chat-room acronyms like LOL in ordinary conversation? I suspect I do without realising it. This is a tad worrying. ???


I've cought myself actually doing that a couple times Embarrassed
 
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Reply #25 - Oct 13th, 2003 at 8:53am

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Slightly off-topic. Have you ever caught yourself using chat-room acronyms like LOL in ordinary conversation? I suspect I do without realising it.

I use these a lot, but you mean they stand for some thing. Please enlighten me!!!  Shocked   ???
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Reply #26 - Oct 13th, 2003 at 9:21am

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LOL = Laugh(s) out loud
ROFL = Roll on floor laughing
LMAO = Laugh my ar*e off
 
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Reply #27 - Oct 13th, 2003 at 1:27pm

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Oh.............  Tongue Shocked
 
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Reply #28 - Oct 13th, 2003 at 10:06pm

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.bmp Big Mens Pants
.cfg  Confused Foreign Gentleman
HTML Happy Tall Man Learing
ADSL Aardvarks Don't Shag Lemurs
.psp Personal Sanctions Placate
.dll Don't Look Left
.sfc Super Fearless Cranberries
.sys Save Your Self
.cpe Can't Please Everyone
.bak Boredom Always Keeps
.PWL Please Whine Louder
.swp Superman Wears Panties
.tmp Ten Minutes Passed
.prx Please Retreat Expeditiosly
.db Dogs Bark
.log Loud Organs Grind
.bin Bottoms Indent Needlesly
 
Who switched the lights off?  I can't see a thing.......  Hold on, my eyes were closed.  Oops, my bad...............&&...
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Reply #29 - Oct 14th, 2003 at 2:05am

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.bmp Big Mens Pants
.cfg  Confused Foreign Gentleman
HTML Happy Tall Man Learing
ADSL Aardvarks Don't Shag Lemurs
.psp Personal Sanctions Placate
.dll Don't Look Left
.sfc Super Fearless Cranberries
.sys Save Your Self
.cpe Can't Please Everyone
.bak Boredom Always Keeps
.PWL Please Whine Louder
.swp Superman Wears Panties
.tmp Ten Minutes Passed
.prx Please Retreat Expeditiosly
.db Dogs Bark
.log Loud Organs Grind
.bin Bottoms Indent Needlesly


A couple of those sound like Japanese (or is it Chinese?) aphorisms, or maybe names . . .
 
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