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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: What exactly is the ' operator
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Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com> wrote:
: Marius Amado Alves wrote:
: 
:>> Thanks. Does "it" have a name then?
:> 
:> Yes: tick.
: 
: "Tick" is how it's pronounced: X'Size is spoke as "X Tick Size". 

I've also read that it can be read as a genitive :-)