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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / May 2004how to pronounce "Pismo"
Got a question: How does one pronounce the nickname/codename of the final PowerBook in the G3 series of PowerBooks? Does one pronounce Pismo as: a) "Piz-moe" b) "Piss-moe" c) "Pie-smoe" or ??????? ...and what does the word "Pismo" mean exactly? In article <munged-2405041228580001@s01060800076f56a3.wp.shawcable.net>, > Got a question: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > a) "Piz-moe" This one. > b) "Piss-moe" > c) "Pie-smoe" > > or ??????? > > ...and what does the word "Pismo" mean exactly? Pismo Beach. Bugs Bunny demonstrates the pronunciation at <http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/Bugs_Bunny/ltbb_085.wav>.  SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington Macaroni, Automated System Maintenance for Mac OS X. Version 2.0: Delocalize, Repair Permissions, lots more. See http://www.atomicbird.com/ In article <munged-2405041228580001@s01060800076f56a3.wp.shawcable.net>, > ...and what does the word "Pismo" mean exactly? Well, Pismo Beach is a beach town on the S Calif coast. > In article > <munged-2405041228580001@s01060800076f56a3.wp.shawcable.net>, > > > ...and what does the word "Pismo" mean exactly? > > Well, Pismo Beach is a beach town on the S Calif coast. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Pismo&x=0&y=0 Pismo clam pronounced, click on the red speaker icon > In article > <munged-2405041228580001@s01060800076f56a3.wp.shawcable.net>, > > > ...and what does the word "Pismo" mean exactly? > > Well, Pismo Beach is a beach town on the S Calif coast. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Pismo&x=0&y=0 In article <munged-2405041228580001@s01060800076f56a3.wp.shawcable.net>, > Got a question: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > a) "Piz-moe" That's it! > b) "Piss-moe" > c) "Pie-smoe" > > or ??????? > > ...and what does the word "Pismo" mean exactly? As in Pismo Beach, both a beach and a town, a few miles south of San Luis Obispo on the Central California coast. SignatureClark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > ...and what does the word "Pismo" mean exactly? Apple projects were given code names early in the development cycle to throw off any journalists and their spies that happen to frequent the Cupertino eateries used by Apple engineers. The names run the gamut. It became quite a game among project managers to see who could come up with the most creative name for their "baby". How many can you name? SignatureDaveC me@privacy.net This is an invalid return address Please reply in the news group > > ...and what does the word "Pismo" mean exactly? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > How many can you name? Well, for hardware many of them are listed on the product pages at LowEndMac. Off the top of my head, I can think of: Pismo Wall Street PDQ Lombard Blackbird Wombat Sagan/BHA Piltdown Cold Fusion Cortland Macintosh Lisa SignatureStandard output is like your butt. Everyone has one. When using a bathroom, they all default to going into a toilet. However, a person can redirect his "standard output" to somewhere else, if he so chooses. - Jeremy Nixon > > Apple projects were given code names early in the development cycle to > > throw [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Macintosh > Lisa off the top of my head, paris becks jade dragon fred barney kong toby bing jackson pollock furnishings 2000 killer rabbit toy surprise pink blue big bang verduras f-19 atlantic pacific tim tim ii elsie 101 gossamer tanzania > > > Apple projects were given code names early in the development cycle to > > > throw [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > gossamer > tanzania Some of those are familiar to me, but not all of them are machines or even hardware which I had - in retrospect, unnecessarily - restricted myself to. I also missed Yosemite, Sawtooth, and Yikes. Shame on me, though. I've got 2 generations of Elsie, and my mother had a Tanzania machine. SignatureStandard output is like your butt. Everyone has one. When using a bathroom, they all default to going into a toilet. However, a person can redirect his "standard output" to somewhere else, if he so chooses. - Jeremy Nixon |
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