Pronunciation Guide for Unix

nerdbaggy wrote: post #3

It mentions /etc but doesn’t say how to pronounce it. I have always just spelled it out and gets so confused when people pronounce it

Same. It confused me when I heard people pronouncing it "et-see"; at least it wasn't "etcetera" though lol

Re: Pronunciation Guide for Unix

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Post by acherion » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 1:52 AM UTC

Scubabear68 wrote: post #4

I don’t understand. “!” is bang. Full stop.

> Full stop

I think you mean 'dot'.

Re: Pronunciation Guide for Unix

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Post by midislack » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:39 AM UTC

Linux is 'lhee-nucks' you can reference sillysounds.au and check yourself!

Re: Pronunciation Guide for Unix

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Post by wrycoder » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:51 AM UTC

nerdbaggy wrote: post #3

It mentions /etc but doesn’t say how to pronounce it. I have always just spelled it out and gets so confused when people pronounce it

Nor how to pronounce lib and bin.

Re: Pronunciation Guide for Unix

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Post by vincent-manis » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:54 AM UTC

I don't want to blame “sharp” for # on Microsoft. Back in the 1970s, it was the standard pronunciation around the University of BC. And in those days, many terminals and other output devices were somewhat low-fidelity, so the difference between the octothorp and the sharp would not have been visible.

Re: Pronunciation Guide for Unix

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Post by jonathanoliver » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:55 AM UTC

I've been chroot wrong for years. I learned recently that it's "shroot" not "C. H. root"