22 Jun
2001
22 Jun
'01
5:28 p.m.
Sometime today, N. Shrikant wrote:
Hey, is the plural of Unix "Unices" or "Unixen" ?
Depends. If you are a (wannabe) hacker/geek you'll call it "unixen". But if you are a PHB/marketroid you'll call it "unices". If you are neither, you'll probably go for "unices" because that's more English.
Manish
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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave
pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the
spectators.
-- Thomas Macaulay, "History of England"