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OT: "Read Receipts"
- Subject: OT: "Read Receipts"
- From: larrysheldon at cox.net (Larry Sheldon)
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 19:03:36 -0600
- In-reply-to: <60h31u00C1cZc56010h5ns>
- References: <60h31u00C1cZc56010h5ns>
I avoided the other off charter bait, but this is a red dot to me.
On 11/6/2016 19:59, Patrick wrote:
> Over at Language Hat, they are trying to establish the common
> pronunciation of "read receipts" [1]
>
> To me, they've always just been "DSNs" or "MDNs", however, according to
> rfc2298, their history goes back further.
>
> Of those who lived that history, and actually heard or said "read
> receipts", did you pronounce "read" as "reed" or as "red"?
I always pronounce them "More danged spam leaking thru the filters" but
when I test-read (red) the question, R E A D came out "read (reed)".
The burning questions we have to deal with these days,
--
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by
its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole
life believing that it is stupid."
--Albert Einstein
From Larry's Cox account.