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TXlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 01:11 PM
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Poll question: How do you pronounce .soc?
As in rec.soc.*
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 01:14 PM
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1. why would anyone say 'sosh'?
in the word it's abbreviated from, it's 'soss'?

Can anyone who voted 'sosh' please say what on earth they're thinking?
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 01:16 PM
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2. As in the first syllable of the word social.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 01:18 PM
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3. Ahh, sorry for being dumb
I was thinking 'society'.
Are there any existing rec.soc. newsgroups? Google Groups doesn't archive any.
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Drifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 01:22 PM
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4. Had a friend ...
who was nicknamed "Social". He was always known as "Sosh".

Cheers
Drifter
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Habibi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 01:56 PM
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5. Next question:
and one for the times: How do you pronounce Ingsoc?

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TXlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-04 01:59 PM
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6. ing-sock
but I normally pronounce .soc as sosh, the usual american pronunciation.
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