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From: Roy Smith
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 1990 14:21
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 1990 14:21
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rph@sq.sq.com (Pontus Hedman (VE3RPH)) writes:
> If you're talking picofarads (about the only picos you'll find in
> electronics), they were always called a "pikes" in my TV tech days.
We always pronounced pF as "puff", as in "try putting 100 puff in
there and see it stops oscillating". uF were indeed "mikes". Don't know
why they weren't "muff", since that would have made for lots of bad sexist
jokes. I once saw a schematic with nF on it for nano-farads. Had me so
confused, I tracked down the guy who drew the drawing and made sure it
wasn't a typo.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!phri!roy From: roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Pronunciation of pico Keywords: pico, pronunciation Message-ID: <1990Sep22.142115.8119@phri.nyu.edu> Date: 22 Sep 90 14:21:15 GMT References: <02444.AA02444@lemsys.UUCP> <4531@qip.UUCP> <1990Sep21.080147.4905@sq.sq.com> Sender: news@phri.nyu.edu (News System) Organization: Public Health Research Institute, New York City Lines: 15