On Monday, January 24, 2005, 1:33:24 PM, Chris Santerre wrote:
From: Theo Van Dinter
On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 09:55:01PM +0100, Frank Ellermann wrote:
"Oh you are from 'serbil'!" Yeah, I had no idea people said it like that. Sounds like gerbil with an 'S'!
I think I'm one of the people he's talking about, but "Sir Bull" ("serbil" works too) is the version I've heard from pretty much everyone (at least US people...)
It's an acronym, so I guess people could spell it out, but... That takes too long, and I'm lazy. ;)
Thats what I've been doing the whole time. "S" "U" "R" "B" "L" :)
Which has been a mouthful. I like the "sir bull" idea. It was more of a culture shock I guess. ;)
"Sir Bull" is how I pronounce it, but there's probably no right or wrong way since we made it up.
What matters is that folks use it. ;-)
Cheers,
Jeff C. -- "If it appears in hams, then don't list it."