<![CDATA[html is pronounced "hot tamale"]]>html is pronounced "hot tamale"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e8d97416-074c-40da-ae43-8297bae491df/html-is-pronounced-hot-tamaleRSS for NodeSat, 26 Sep 2026 00:40:10 GMTWed, 16 Sep 2026 15:40:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:24:43 GMT]]>@rachel @renardboy @robin My personal preference is "wikkawikkawikka" like a record scratch, because then sites like Wikipedia become really funny to spell out the address to

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://moodoo.org/users/fwaggle/statuses/117282824759572528https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://moodoo.org/users/fwaggle/statuses/117282824759572528Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:24:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:12:53 GMT]]>@renardboy

That is absolutely correct.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/ParadeGrotesque/statuses/117282778197476413https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/ParadeGrotesque/statuses/117282778197476413Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:12:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:25:46 GMT]]>@renardboy "That sounds about right" - a DBA, probably

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spacey.space/users/isaackuo/statuses/117282592920566785https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spacey.space/users/isaackuo/statuses/117282592920566785Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:25:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:13:20 GMT]]>@renardboy @spiosra yeah I understood the mixup. the insistence was the funny/annoying part.

I picked my battle and didn't fight that one.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://birdbutt.com/users/colinstu/statuses/117282544029197056https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://birdbutt.com/users/colinstu/statuses/117282544029197056Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:13:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:11:48 GMT]]>@colinstu @spiosra I can definitely understand the reasoning behind that from a kid's perspective.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/117282538012281303https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/117282538012281303Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:11:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:05:28 GMT]]>@Steampunk_Prof Squeal

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/117282513127564717https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/117282513127564717Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:05:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:50:56 GMT]]>@jaz
Sounds like he was German. 😂

@renardboy

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hessen.social/users/aerofreak/statuses/117282455994820434https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hessen.social/users/aerofreak/statuses/117282455994820434Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:50:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:49:42 GMT]]>@renardboy no, it's pronounced 'hate mail'

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/cyberpunk909/statuses/117282451108359203https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/cyberpunk909/statuses/117282451108359203Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:49:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:29:23 GMT]]>@renardboy SQL - Squirrel

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Steampunk_Prof/statuses/117282371207581345https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Steampunk_Prof/statuses/117282371207581345Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:29:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:24:38 GMT]]>@renardboy Wow, I had forgotten that song.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/aanee/statuses/117282352563330295https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/aanee/statuses/117282352563330295Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:24:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:14:26 GMT]]>@renardboy @spiosra there was a kid growing up w/that insisted it was 'hotmail'

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://birdbutt.com/users/colinstu/statuses/117282312469837139https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://birdbutt.com/users/colinstu/statuses/117282312469837139Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:14:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:01:07 GMT]]>@renardboy Reminds me of a manager I had years ago who convinced a new hire that people "in the know" pronounced TCP/IP as "tc-pip".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/jcarr/statuses/117282260087648616https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/jcarr/statuses/117282260087648616Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:01:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:54:28 GMT]]>@renardboy the year was 1998 and I owned a cybercafe and a Web design/hosting business.

Got a phone call one day from someone with an unfamiliar accent who asked if we knew "huttamull".

"Huttamull?"

"Yes, do you know "huttamull?"

Pause.

Beat.

Ahhhhhh.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/jaz/statuses/117282233922527648https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/jaz/statuses/117282233922527648Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:54:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:37:34 GMT]]>@renardboy

Here's a post from 1998 on how to pronounce http and www. Note that :// is pronounced "lizard lips."

(This issue of TBTF also includes the first review of Google's search engine in English.)

https://www.tbtf.com/archive/1998-05-11.html#s12

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/kdawson/statuses/117282167483652263https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/kdawson/statuses/117282167483652263Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:37:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:36:52 GMT]]>@renardboy I always liked HoT MetaL 😁

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/phlash/statuses/117282164711096759https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/phlash/statuses/117282164711096759Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:36:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:42:34 GMT]]>@renardboy I *knew* it!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/117281951219005628https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/117281951219005628Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:42:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:31:02 GMT]]>@renardboy You cowards, call it what it clearly is

ht ml - > Hot Male

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Madagascar_Sky/statuses/117281905854763011https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Madagascar_Sky/statuses/117281905854763011Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:31:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:29:48 GMT]]>@renardboy And here I thought it meant Mali was hot.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115482733208514503/statuses/117281901044135767https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115482733208514503/statuses/117281901044135767Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:29:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:27:17 GMT]]>@renardboy well i do like me some hot tamale

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cyberquixote/statuses/117281891141336912https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cyberquixote/statuses/117281891141336912Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:27:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:07:00 GMT]]>@renardboy
Hot take, might leave

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/117281811393474173https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/117281811393474173Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:07:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:54:58 GMT]]>@renardboy it can't be unseen now!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/117281764054034366https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/117281764054034366Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:54:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:36:07 GMT]]>@renardboy paging @lowqualityfacts

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/McNeely/statuses/117281689929536730https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/McNeely/statuses/117281689929536730Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:36:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:31:41 GMT]]>@rachel @robin As one should.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/117281672473942863https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/117281672473942863Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:31:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to html is pronounced "hot tamale" on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:20:55 GMT]]>@renardboy @robin I’ve always pronounced www as the Wibbly Wobbly Web

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/117281630168724109https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/117281630168724109Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:20:55 GMT