Re: New York Times article on BBS's

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From: BILL
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 02:53

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In article <1992Jul20.080858.145@sdg.dra.com>, sean@sdg.dra.com writes...
>The business section of the Sunday (July 19) New York Times had an article
>on BBS's.  Overall a pretty standard intro to BBS article.  But one thing
>caught my attention, the pronunciation of the word "sysop."   I've always
>heard "sysops" pronounced as "sis-ops", not "sigh-sops" as written in the
>article.  Is this a New York accent?, or have I been saying it wrong for
>the last twelve years?
>-- 
>Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
>Domain: sean@sdg.dra.com, Voice: (Work) +1 314-432-1100

Apparently, it is.  I never ran into it until I move to NY from the 
Midwest myself.  Considering the origin of the term, "sis-op" makes more 
sense.

Bill Brown

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