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Re: A new Curl logo

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mpnordland wrote: post #79
AnkhMorporkian wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That reminds me that I had been using sudo for close to 15 years before I realized that it was a combination of 'su' and 'do.' I'm still not sure if it's properly pronounced 'pseudo' or 'sue-doo', but it really blew my mind once I figured out the name. Edit: Changed 'sue-do' to 'sue-doo' to make it less ambiguous.

> I'm still not sure if it's properly pronounced 'pseudo' or 'sue-do Those are both pronounced the same way.

The first one is sue-doe, the second is sue-do

Re: A new Curl logo

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AnkhMorporkian wrote: post #65
mrow84 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was too traumatic to contemplate, so I referred to the FAQ and found relief in section 1.1: "We pronounce curl and cURL with an initial k sound: [kurl]." They do, however, note that the "fact it can also be pronounced 'see URL' also helped" [to choose the name].

That reminds me that I had been using sudo for close to 15 years before I realized that it was a combination of 'su' and 'do.' I'm still not sure if it's properly pronounced 'pseudo' or 'sue-doo', but it really blew my mind once I figured out the name. Edit: Changed 'sue-do' to 'sue-doo' to make it less ambiguous.

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Re: A new Curl logo

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Post by mathgeek »

mpnordland wrote: post #79
AnkhMorporkian wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That reminds me that I had been using sudo for close to 15 years before I realized that it was a combination of 'su' and 'do.' I'm still not sure if it's properly pronounced 'pseudo' or 'sue-doo', but it really blew my mind once I figured out the name. Edit: Changed 'sue-do' to 'sue-doo' to make it less ambiguous.

> I'm still not sure if it's properly pronounced 'pseudo' or 'sue-do Those are both pronounced the same way.

> Those are both pronounced the same way.

The prior is pronounced /ˈso͞odō/

The latter is pronounced /so͞odu/

Re: A new Curl logo

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Post by arca_vorago »

I have always been a fan of wget, but upon searching around for some of the differences I came across this:

https://daniel.haxx.se/docs/curl-vs-wget.html

Which is a pretty good summary of the similarities and differences, and it makes me want to try curl a bit more than I have in the past, especially the support for scp and cifs.

Re: A new Curl logo

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Post by ythl »

8ig8 wrote: post #21

I just realized after all these years, I think I've been saying the name wrong. In my head, I say "curl" as in curly hair. It's really "see-url"!? I think it's too late for my brain to correct that.

It's like people who think after many years of programming that "char" is actually pronounced "care". Nope. In real life people just read things. "char" the stick in the fire all day long.

Re: A new Curl logo

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Post by tetraodonpuffer »

AnkhMorporkian wrote: post #65
mrow84 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was too traumatic to contemplate, so I referred to the FAQ and found relief in section 1.1: "We pronounce curl and cURL with an initial k sound: [kurl]." They do, however, note that the "fact it can also be pronounced 'see URL' also helped" [to choose the name].

That reminds me that I had been using sudo for close to 15 years before I realized that it was a combination of 'su' and 'do.' I'm still not sure if it's properly pronounced 'pseudo' or 'sue-doo', but it really blew my mind once I figured out the name. Edit: Changed 'sue-do' to 'sue-doo' to make it less ambiguous.

in the days of yore when I learned to program in basic before learning English I pronounced goto with the second o rhyming with the first one, it embarassignly also took some time after learning English to figure out that goto was "go to" as my brain had made the programming association and wasn't treating it as a language construct at all...

Speaking about sudo, learned that before living in an English speaking country, so everybody pronounced rhyming with su-go (say) not su-do and I still pronounce it that way (which I guess it's wrong!)

ah, the joys of learning English as a written language first, even now after living in North America for nearly 20 years occasionally I find words I completely mispronounce due to having learned them from books

Re: A new Curl logo

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Post by adzm »

ythl wrote: post #86
8ig8 wrote: post #21

I just realized after all these years, I think I've been saying the name wrong. In my head, I say "curl" as in curly hair. It's really "see-url"!? I think it's too late for my brain to correct that.

It's like people who think after many years of programming that "char" is actually pronounced "care". Nope. In real life people just read things. "char" the stick in the fire all day long.

I still say 'car' in my head. Hardest one for me was 'it-erator' instead of 'eye-terator'. I still lapse and use the latter on accident out of habit!

Re: A new Curl logo

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Post by jpetso »

AnkhMorporkian wrote: post #65
mrow84 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was too traumatic to contemplate, so I referred to the FAQ and found relief in section 1.1: "We pronounce curl and cURL with an initial k sound: [kurl]." They do, however, note that the "fact it can also be pronounced 'see URL' also helped" [to choose the name].

That reminds me that I had been using sudo for close to 15 years before I realized that it was a combination of 'su' and 'do.' I'm still not sure if it's properly pronounced 'pseudo' or 'sue-doo', but it really blew my mind once I figured out the name. Edit: Changed 'sue-do' to 'sue-doo' to make it less ambiguous.

I was a bit disappointed when I discovered that "su" doesn't stand for superuser but for the rather bland "set uid".
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