https://web.archive.org/web/20131219003849/http://www.winamp...
> What happened to Winamp 4? You're not imagining things. Yes, we skipped a version number for the following reasons: a) Winamp 5 combines the best aspects of Winamp 2 and Winamp 3 into one player. Hence Winamp 2 + Winamp 3 = Winamp 5! b) Who the hell wants to see a Winamp 4 Skin :P c) We think that a Fibonacci sequence for versioning might be pretty damn cool. d)We improved so much in Winamp 5 that we figured it warranted skipping a version. ;)
Edit: Maybe I have to sound it out. Is it because 4 skin sounds like foreskin?
I wish the people who named Gimp image editor were this thoughtful! Searching for image masking info has caught me out multiple times :/
My question is: in what English accents do "four" and "fore" *not* sound alike?
> Accents that have resisted the merger include most Scottish, Caribbean, and older Southern American accents as well as some African American, modern Southern American, Indian, Irish, and older Maine accents.
If my understanding is correct, in some accents that don't pronounce their "R"s at the end of words, the vowel shape changes slightly while pronouncing "four," but "fore" is pronounced with a simple vowel.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes...
-dro
