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davidf@mks.com (David J. Fiander) writes:
>>On the other hand, "sysop" is formed by combining *syllables*. It's in
>>effect a contraction of the words "system operator". And the path may 
>>have been that system got frequently shortened to "sys" and operator
>>got shortened to "op". *Then* they got combined.

>So I own a 2400bps Mah-Deem, then?

I think what you've got is something that happens when enough people
don't know what "modem" meant.  I could believe that early modem
people called them "Mah-dihms"  (I don't know anyone who says
"dee-modulator" they all lazy it to "dih-modulator).  How many people
who use them know what it stands for, though?  Hell, it looks like it
could be a "moe-dem," and it's pretty much its own word now.  "Sysop"
on the other hand, is still pretty obviously "system operator."   Just
a guess.
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