From fa58cf815a60282a9bb2b1ebe7ccf1dda2748553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ben Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 14:14:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'what does "PuTTY" mean?', and add some IPA to the shortened pronunciation answer. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@2904 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 60685067..d3253591 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.44 2003/02/15 18:47:22 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.45 2003/03/04 14:14:17 ben Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -952,8 +952,15 @@ PuTTY team can personally recommend Thinking Putty, which you can buy from Crazy Aaron's Putty World, at \W{http://www.puttyworld.com}\cw{www.puttyworld.com}. -\S{faq-pronounce}{Question} How do I pronounce PuTTY? +\S{faq-meaning}{Question} What does \q{PuTTY} mean? -Exactly like the normal word \q{putty}. Just like the stuff you put -on window frames. (One of the reasons it's called PuTTY is because -it makes Windows usable. :-) +It's the name of a popular SSH and Telnet client. Any other meaning +is in the eye of the beholder. It's been rumoured that \q{PuTTY} +is the antonym of \q{\cw{getty}}, or that it's the stuff that makes your +Windows useful, or that it's a kind of plutonium Teletype. We +couldn't possibly comment on such allegations. + +\S{faq-pronounce}{Question} How do I pronounce \q{PuTTY}? + +Exactly like the English word \q{putty}, which we pronounce +/\u02C8{'}p\u028C{V}t\u026A{I}/. -- 2.11.0