On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 05:24:55PM -0600, Mike Miller wrote: >> >> "et see" is a shortened way of saying "et cetera" (which is two words). > > "a shortened way". "Idiot" is a way of saying "Mike Miller", but I'm not > sure you would agree that it is correct. Well, Matthew, I can see that you have some problems. The thing is, as I pointed out before you started your series of rude messages, to call the /etc directory "et see" is a widespread practice. I showed the evidence here: http://www.google.com/search?q=unix+%22etc+pronounced%22 That is a fact that you find unappealing for reasons that I will never know. Mike