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29 Oct 00 - 10:56 AM (#329728) Subject: How do you pronounce URL? From: Zebedee Hi, I've always thought that it was U.R.L. (three distinct letters) Recently, I heard people refer to 'urls' (earls). I hate that, sounds as if they're about to be sick... Such a relatively new term probably doesn't have a received prononciation, but I really hope my way is right! Zeb |
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29 Oct 00 - 11:07 AM (#329729) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: catspaw49 Is this something that keeps you up at night? Feel free to pronounce it anyway you like.......perhaps, "yu-AR-rul." If it makes you happy, call it jablonski........and if it doesn't work, blame it on Windows or something. Spaw
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29 Oct 00 - 11:29 AM (#329730) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Zebedee Women, beer and work keep me up all night, but people asking me for 'earls' annoy me. Maybe I'm just a miserable git. (I don't like fireworks either) Zeb |
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29 Oct 00 - 11:49 AM (#329731) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Jon Freeman zeb, I'd go for You Are El. I am not sure that I am right on this but I think that there is a differcence between what is intended as an acronym and what is just a straight abbreviation and I believe that URL is intended as an abbreviation. Whatever, I would love to know why someone decided to call it a Universal Resource Locator (I think) in the first place. Jon |
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29 Oct 00 - 11:58 AM (#329732) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Zebedee Jon, I don't have the answer, but I think it's a very reasonable name: Universal - can be accessed by any computer Resource - gives you information Locator - tells you where it is I'd be curious too... to know of it's origin... Zeb |
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29 Oct 00 - 12:23 PM (#329736) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Amos The term is pronounced as a 3-syllable word "Yew-ahr-ell", and was coined by the man who developed the HTTP browser technology while working for the CERN in Zurich, Tim ... Tim.. dang, forgot his last name! A search for the history of the Internet will bring his name up. Amos |
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29 Oct 00 - 12:24 PM (#329737) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Áine I don't know about anybody else; but, I'm calling it a JABLONSKI from now on! ;-) -- Áine |
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29 Oct 00 - 12:25 PM (#329738) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Zebedee Tim Berners Lee, I presume? (Mr Livingstone) |
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29 Oct 00 - 12:32 PM (#329741) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Amos Exactly. No Jablonski -- given the legance he brought to the world, and the extent to which we as Mudcatters depend on his brilliant innovation, we'd be respectful to carry his naming convention for'd. A |
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29 Oct 00 - 12:36 PM (#329744) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Amos duplicate message deleted by elf |
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29 Oct 00 - 12:38 PM (#329745) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Allan C. Out here in the West Virginia "flatlands" it is known as Yew Our Ail. |
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29 Oct 00 - 01:02 PM (#329757) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Clinton Hammond2 Just don't call them "clicky thingys" or anything else that childish... {~` |
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29 Oct 00 - 01:16 PM (#329766) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Jon Freeman ... but I like being called a clicky thing Jon |
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29 Oct 00 - 01:38 PM (#329780) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Mrrzy I pronounce it Your'll. Most folks around here pronounce it kinda like Allan C's neighbors. But I like Jablonski best! |
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30 Oct 00 - 01:43 PM (#330457) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: JTT Techies normally say yew are ell, and non-techies say earl. |
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30 Oct 00 - 02:00 PM (#330468) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: mousethief What's wrong with clicky? People have always made homey nicknames for technical things. Probably in the 1950's the geeks were saying, "Just don't call it a teevee or telly or something childish like that." In the early 19th century somebody said, "Just don't call it a piano or something childish like that." Must you insult things you disagree with? Does this give you a feeling of superiority? How childish is that?
feeling grumpy, |
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30 Oct 00 - 04:22 PM (#330576) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Clinton Hammond2 mousethief... It's called an opinion... I'm sure you know all to well what an opinion is... But it's got nothing at all to do with you... don't take it personal :-| |
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30 Oct 00 - 04:25 PM (#330577) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Bernard Bazonka! |
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30 Oct 00 - 04:51 PM (#330591) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: mousethief If I say "you're a fuckhead" that's an opinion too, but that doesn't mean it's not insulting. My question stands.
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30 Oct 00 - 06:13 PM (#330684) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Clinton Hammond2 You can call me what you want to MT, and I'll give it the same attention I give every other strangers opinion... Not worth a hill of beans one way or the other to me... Certainly not enough worth to be insulted by... {~` |
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30 Oct 00 - 06:20 PM (#330695) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: mousethief I didn't say I thought you were a f---head. I said IF I called you one it would be an opinion, albeit an insulting one. Never mind. If you wish to believe that opinions are never insulting, be my guest.
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30 Oct 00 - 06:26 PM (#330700) Subject: Serious Thread Creep... Sorry... From: Clinton Hammond2 Ya... that'd be my opinion eh! And I didn't say you DID call me... only that you could, and I wouldn't care... What I'm getting at is I don't understand why some people get so offended by someone elses opinions... What does it matter what someone else thinks of whatever... What's important is what -you- think of the things that are important to you... Isn't that half the joy of being alive? That we're all different? With any luck we can share our opinions without being offended that we have different beliefs... At least that's the way it works in -MY- world... {~` |
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30 Oct 00 - 06:29 PM (#330702) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: mousethief I hear what you're saying, Clint, and agree with your 6:26 post, but still, I'm just not sure how much joy it brings to life to say, "What you like to do is childish." It seems a very limp sort of joy that depends on insulting other people. That's all.
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30 Oct 00 - 06:53 PM (#330724) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Zebedee Mousethief / Clinton Hammond With all due respect you're both starting to sound like 9 years olds. Why not let it rest? Thanks to all on the thread who answered my query. Cheers Zeb |
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30 Oct 00 - 07:00 PM (#330734) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Clinton Hammond2 Zebedee *running around in a circle" NO NO NO NO NO NOO NO NO LOL!!! {~` |
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31 Oct 00 - 10:56 AM (#331169) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler I'm not a techie but I call it "Yew Are Ell". I think my students might see through the facade of knowledge I hide behind if I called it "Blue clicky thing"! RtS |
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31 Oct 00 - 11:02 AM (#331174) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: MMario ewe-or-else and "blue clickies" are seperate things. As a tech support person, I call them whatever will help the person on the other end of the phone understand what I am saying. "Blue clickie thing" has been a godsend since it was coined here on the mudcat. (bowing three times to toronto - if it was originated by whom I remember) and I use "address" more often then I use URL or "web-address". |
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31 Oct 00 - 11:07 AM (#331181) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Fred/Forsh To achieve the correct proniunciation of "URL:" Take a quart pot, fill with equal parts of creme de menth, pernod, cherry brandy, whiskey and gin, drink back in one, chase with a glass of liver salts and a raw egg....the resulting sound upon expulsion, is the correct way to pronounce URL. (Hurl with out the "H" !) |
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31 Oct 00 - 11:56 AM (#331228) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: BillR I vote for U-R-L. I've only heard one or two people say "yurl" but it sounds really ugly to me. BTW, it's "Uniform (not Universal) Resource Locator", as it's a standardized format for specifying the location of things on the web. -Bill |
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31 Oct 00 - 12:00 PM (#331231) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: MMario yup. uh-huh. "address" works. |
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31 Oct 00 - 12:03 PM (#331235) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: mousethief I'm nine and a HALF, bignose. nyah nyah nyah.
Alex |
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31 Oct 00 - 12:39 PM (#331270) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: GUEST,albamist Sorry to inform you that you are all WRONG. Your opinions are WRONG. Your explanations are WRONG. It is URALS, the guy who named them was mountaineering at the time. |
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31 Oct 00 - 03:51 PM (#331334) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: mousethief Let's leave urass out of it. No wait, you said urals, not urass. Never mind.
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31 Oct 00 - 04:33 PM (#331371) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: okthen URLITZER one for the money....... cheers(suddenly wishing he could post anonymously) bill |
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31 Oct 00 - 06:35 PM (#331461) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Murray MacLeod I had always believed that URL stood for Unique Resource Locator. Time for an authoritative stamement on this, I feel. Murray |
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31 Oct 00 - 06:50 PM (#331473) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: Jon Freeman BillR is correct. URL does stand for Uniform Resource Locator. Jon |
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31 Oct 00 - 08:19 PM (#331555) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: mousethief When I was in the Navy ROTC I sure could have used a Uniform Resource Locator. I was always losing pieces of my uniform.
Alex |
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31 Oct 00 - 08:36 PM (#331566) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: WyoWoman I call 'em web addresses. I had a beautiful 1965 Chevy truck named Earl once. Hate to get them confused ... ww |
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31 Oct 00 - 10:27 PM (#331633) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: catspaw49 This is probably the only friggin' place on the net where you could get 40 posts out of how to say three letters. Spaw |
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31 Oct 00 - 10:31 PM (#331637) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: MMario nah, believe it or not, I know a couple of others |
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31 Oct 00 - 10:36 PM (#331638) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: catspaw49 Are you surfing the porn sites or what? Spaw |
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31 Oct 00 - 10:48 PM (#331645) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: MMario no - just a couple of forums where I've actually been told I spell my name wrong (!); arguments over grammer can go one for months (between the same people, over and over and over); one where people tell an author his interpretation of HIS OWN WORK is incorrect....etc. Really makes coming to the 'cat a pleasure, even during "bad times" |
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01 Nov 00 - 06:35 AM (#331771) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: GUEST,Bill in Alabama U.R.L. is an alphabetism; *yurl* is an acronym; ADDRESS seems to get the job done. I reckon any one of them will get the job done. |
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01 Nov 00 - 08:41 AM (#331811) Subject: RE: BS: How do you pronounce URL? From: A Wandering Minstrel The 'P' is silent! All us web-site makers here in my office go with Earls. But address works a lot too! |