Re: [STDS-802-3-25G] How to pronounce XXVAUI

[Dan Dove <dan.dove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark,

I hope that I have started an online discussion that leads to a brief moment of "Oh ya, that make's sense" and consensus rather than opening a can of worms that would spill all over our meeting floor.

Perhaps we should take the following approach.

1) Discuss it via reflector
2) Have a brief discussion around a Straw Poll
3) Accept the outcome of the Straw Poll

If #3 yields no consensus, then we take it back offline to save meeting time for truly important work.

Regards,

Dan Dove
Chief Consultant
Dove Networking Solutions
530-906-3683 - Mobile

On 1/7/15 10:33 AM, Mark Nowell (mnowell) wrote:

I shudder at the amount of meeting time we are likely to spend on this topic next week…

Kent has a presentation for next week and has been gathering input over the last few months so we can hopefully make a decision after that.

With regards to your proposal below, I can see the syllable-efficiency of what you are proposing but worried it has little meaning.  I’d actually been assuming we’d be writing documentation with XXVAUI format for consistency but people would verbally use the “25-G-AUI” pronunciation  for clarity of meaning.

Mark 

On 1/7/15, 1:23 PM, "Dan Dove" <dan.dove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

All,

On the subject of how to pronounce XXVAUI...

For consistency, I think it should be pronounced Zih-Vow-ee. The  first X is pronounced Z as its done in XAUI and the second is silent. This is clean and three contiguous syllables versus "X X Vow-ee" which is three separate terms in sequence and sounds stuttered or "Twenty-Five-Gig-Ow-ee" which is completely inconsistent with precedent.

The only possible point of confusion for my proposal would be if we ever produced a 15G spec, which I think is low risk.

I hope this makes sense to everyone.

Dan Dove
Chief Consultant
Dove Networking Solutions
530-906-3683 - Mobile