Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Plugin APIs (again)
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Dec 09 2002 - 00:10:15 EET
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 12:25:16PM -0800, Tim Hockin wrote:
> I've converted it to PAPI for now, since it is easier to speak, and I
> 'speak' in my head as I write. {Portable, Public, Puerile} Audio Plugin
> Interface. or 'PAPI Audio Plugin Interface'?
In parts of the UK "pappy" is equivalent to shite, ie. redolent of
excrement ;)
> My personal preference is for something that doesn't have to be spelled to
> be spoken. I know most people say VSTi as 'visty'.
Agreed, our German brethren seem to want to spell out
El-Ah-Dee-Es-Pee-Ah, which is pretty inconvenient.
OTOH I think Joern was amused when I insisted on pronouncing luss, as in
"can you just ls that directory".
- Steve
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