ACL POLL

[pixilated-serra.livejournal.com]

Do you pronounce the word ACL as an acronym (A.C.L) or do you read it as a word ("ackle").

Every time I speak with certain Tier 1 American providers I almost die when they refer to ACKLES.

Comments

[mouser.livejournal.com]

*headdesk*


Yea, some are that stupid. Sorry about my country yet again, World.

(Oh, and it's POLL, not POLE...)

[toxico.livejournal.com]

I second this apology. FFS.

And that's not pronounced "fuffs."

[pixilated-serra.livejournal.com]

ahah ok, thats a word fail for me, though perhaps it has something to do with the urge to bash something over the head with a POLE?!

[elder-sign.livejournal.com]

In my own defense, whenever I say "Ackles," I am, in fact, referring to JENSEN Ackles.

[azurelunatic]

There's a joke to be made here about the ACL for the pants of Ackles.

[devilish69angel.livejournal.com]

exactly what i was thinking lol

[tophee.livejournal.com]

win.

no further comment required.

/toph

[azleaneo.livejournal.com]

I had to google ACL to find out it's tech usage. When I see ACL I think of the ligament.

"ACKLE" seems so awkward.

[bamatone.livejournal.com]

Ha, agreed. I definitely was confused thinking about the knee ligament.

Theeeeeen I remembered access control list. And the answer is easily still EHH SEE ELL. :)

Also, Seequel. (American, suckas.)

[cirobi.livejournal.com]

Well that's a new one. *sigh*

I'm not entirely surprised given the stupidity of most people in my country.

[tullamoredew.livejournal.com]

a.c.l. three letters, shouldn't be too hard. Just like SQL is SQL and not 'sickwell'

my worst cultural shock was when I found out that in South Africa they call floppies "stiffies"

[vortex.livejournal.com]

You know, your talking about See Quell gives me a Stiffie!...

[pixilated-serra.livejournal.com]

well, thats why i asked the poll. i was wondering if i was maybe the ignorant one. but SRSLY.

[azurelunatic]

American. A.C.L.

[ullyeus.livejournal.com]

I'd smack someone up.

[spiker-uk.livejournal.com]

British. Ackle and Sequel.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

Australian. A.C.L., although I could imagine someone saying "ackle" humorously.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

Stross uses it nigh-seriously in ACCELERANDO: "She's spending all her time with that Slug, no multiplicity access, privacy ackles locked right down. I could get jealous." This makes me think it might be something specific to one of the shops he worked at.

[wxgeek.livejournal.com]

American. A.C.L. and "Seequel."

[ravenofdreams.livejournal.com]

Like the above poster, I'm an American that uses A.C.L. and sequel. (UNIX geek too, fwiw.)

[dr-zira.livejournal.com]

Everyone in my (American) IP engineering group calls it an A.C.L.

I've never heard anyone say "ackle".

[bekscilla.livejournal.com]

Australian here, and it depends on who I'm speaking to. Ackle tends to be from the more technical people, and A.C.L. is more when we're trying to tell people the name of our groups (cause ackle underscore is a bit confusing to people).

[xjems.livejournal.com]

I picked up the habit of saying "ackle" while working for a little data storage co.

[jokergirl.livejournal.com]

Well, I see the logic in it. If TCL is tickle...

;)

[emsporter.livejournal.com]

NZ. A.C.L. most of the time (although I'd know what you meant if you said ackle) and Sequel not SQL.