not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agoSomeone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a replyfiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1408arrow-down1imageSomeone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a replyfiles.mastodon.socialnot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·19 hours agoI still don’t get it. Am I whooshing or do I just not have enough details yet? I just woke up btw…
minus-squareauntieclokwise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·18 hours agoThe word Unix sounds very close to the word for a castrated male.
minus-squarePeter Horvath@mastodon.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 hours ago@auntieclokwise @victorz :-) What is the language on which you are thinking on?
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours agoIf I’m reading English text, I think in English. Otherwise it varies between my native tongue and English.
minus-squarePeter Horvath@mastodon.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours ago@victorz They are not even similar on English.
minus-squareJ_N_F@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoUnix and eunuchs. They are very similar.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoBut yes they are. Also I think you mean “in English”. Is your native language perhaps Scandinavian or otherwise close to German?
minus-squaresbeak@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 hours agoeunuchs (a word used to describe testicle-less men working for various different rulers around the world)
minus-squarePeter Horvath@mastodon.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours ago@sbeak @victorz It is “unix car parts shop”
I still don’t get it. Am I whooshing or do I just not have enough details yet? I just woke up btw…
The word Unix sounds very close to the word for a castrated male.
Oh my god, of course. lol, thanks!
@auntieclokwise @victorz :-) What is the language on which you are thinking on?
If I’m reading English text, I think in English. Otherwise it varies between my native tongue and English.
@victorz They are not even similar on English.
Unix and eunuchs. They are very similar.
But yes they are.
Also I think you mean “in English”. Is your native language perhaps Scandinavian or otherwise close to German?
eunuchs (a word used to describe testicle-less men working for various different rulers around the world)
Thanks 😄
@sbeak @victorz It is “unix car parts shop”