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Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc. (2017)

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Re: Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc. (2017)

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Post by dschuetz »

elric wrote: post #92
MiguelX413 wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you not understand that the complaint is about the “correct” pronunciation being unintuitive?

What is or isn't intuitive depends highly on context and background. Good luck finding something that's intuitive for everyone. People have tried and failed with artificial languages.

That's why people try to agree upon terms and their pronunciation first. Most languages are unintuitive and it's worse with tech jargon. So, when you work in tech business, or even in some tech club you cannot just walk in and talk like a child and expect everyone to treat you like an adult.

Re: Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc. (2017)

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Post by dschuetz »

city41 wrote: post #35

I always find these interesting. Like the different pronunciations of `char`*. All these strange words that we only read or type 99% of the time but still come up with some kind of pronunciation in our heads. * I've heard "char" like "charbroiled", "care", "car" and some people always just say "character"

I've heard techies saying char with ch in "chair". I was terrified.

Re: Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc. (2017)

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Post by 3131s »

fiddlerwoaroof wrote: post #65
Daneel_ wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was a su-dough person until I realise that sudo stands for 'super user do' or 'su do', so I switched to soodoo - it makes a lot more sense that way. f-suck is a new one for me though. I would say F S C K to someone else, but I call it fusk in my head.

I have always “heard” F sick in my head for fsck

Yeah, me also.

Re: Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc. (2017)

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Post by BossingAround »

dschuetz wrote: post #81
BossingAround wrote: post #73

I found there is this "pride in the correct pronunciation" in the opensource community. It seems to be a signal of a group membership and a creed validator. Who cares though? Why does "correct pronunciation" matter? Linux is nowadays used by many more non-native English speakers who will pronounce it very differently. This attempt at correcting others seems like gatekeeping and, to me personally, feels like a very an…

Jeez, how did you get from correct pronunciation to anti-inclusive ?! Most people just want to know what you are talking about when you say libe or cat slash prots slash mem in fo or worse. Nothing is more infuriating when people start using wrong words in a 10h telco instead of agreed upon vocabulary, which includes the correct pronunciation! Scratch correct . It's the agreed upon pronunciation we all ought to use w…

> It's the agreed upon pronunciation we all ought to use when working together.

Agreed upon by whom? By the in-group? Why does this "agreed-upon pronunciation" take precedence over the "agreed-upon pronunciation" of English?

Re: Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc. (2017)

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Post by glitchcrab »

combatentropy wrote: post #88
BossingAround wrote: post #73

I found there is this "pride in the correct pronunciation" in the opensource community. It seems to be a signal of a group membership and a creed validator. Who cares though? Why does "correct pronunciation" matter? Linux is nowadays used by many more non-native English speakers who will pronounce it very differently. This attempt at correcting others seems like gatekeeping and, to me personally, feels like a very an…

It is for the same reason that anyone ever nudges anyone else about pronunciation, spelling, or grammar: speed of communication. If you pronounce "/etc" as "et cetera", then it will add a step in me parsing your speech ("Oh, he means 'etsy'"). Second, now I have an awkward decision to make when speaking back to you. Do I adapt my pronunciation to yours for the length of this conversation? Or do I pronounce it my way,…

I just want to point out that pronouncing etc as etsy isn't universal by any means - in fact I suspect it's a very American pronunciation. If you pronounced it 'etsy' in a sentence here in the UK, people wouldn't understand what you're talking about.

Re: Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc. (2017)

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Post by pony_sheared »

memetomancer wrote: post #49
Daneel_ wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was a su-dough person until I realise that sudo stands for 'super user do' or 'su do', so I switched to soodoo - it makes a lot more sense that way. f-suck is a new one for me though. I would say F S C K to someone else, but I call it fusk in my head.

I'm for su-dough - to my ear it evokes the martial art Judo which makes some kind of sense considering what it does. On the other hand Soo Doo sounds like a pig farmer's wife calling the swine in for their slop. To my ear ;)

I'm a su-dougher, because "pseudo" reminds me I can be someone else.
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