Hey, is the plural of Unix "Unices" or "Unixen" ?
- Shrikant
p.s:- beg pardon if this is a bit frivolous...
I think it is Unices :-)
- Shishir
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Hey, is the plural of Unix "Unices" or "Unixen" ?
- Shrikant
p.s:- beg pardon if this is a bit frivolous...
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----- Original Message ----- From: "N. Shrikant" ShrikantN@gmx.net Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 3:47 PM
Hey, is the plural of Unix "Unices" or "Unixen" ?
S h i s h i r wrote:
I think it is Unices :-)
and i would love it if everyone said *n?x instead of *nix. ;)
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
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, N. Shrikant wrote:
Hey, is the plural of Unix "Unices" or "Unixen" ?
The plural of unix is unices, but the plural of box is boxen.
Philip
On Jun 22, 2001 at 17:58, Philip S Tellis wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, N. Shrikant wrote:
Hey, is the plural of Unix "Unices" or "Unixen" ?
The plural of unix is unices, but the plural of box is boxen.
Which is strange. But so is English.
I thought plural("Unix")=="*nix" ?
Sometime yesterday, Satya wrote:
On Jun 22, 2001 at 17:58, Philip S Tellis wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, N. Shrikant wrote:
Hey, is the plural of Unix "Unices" or "Unixen" ?
The plural of unix is unices, but the plural of box is boxen.
I thought plural("Unix")=="*nix" ?
plural("Multics")=="Unix" ;-)
Manish
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