And flagged. This thread is so interesting and shows how much european language diversification is involved in tech. Not sure why some people cannot stand multi culti.:-)
Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
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Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here in Australia it's typical to say Ah-zure (Ah as in Aha) where as Americans typically say Ay-zure (Ay as in the name Jay). There are many differences in pronunciation between English from various countries. E.g. in Australia we say Mo-bile were "bile" rhymes with "vile" whereas Americans typically pronounce it as Mo-bol. There are lots of others.
It gets worse in the US. There's Mobil (the oil company - pronounced MO-bƏl), mobile (as it capable of movement - pronounced either MOE-bile or MO-bƏl) or Mobile (a city in the state of Alabama - pronounced (AFAIK) mo-BEEL). You can mispronounce all sorts of things in the US and no one will blink an eye, but you mispronounce a town name, prepare to be dogpiled. Especially if you're in Palestine, Texas (Pal-es-teen NO…
> mobile (as it capable of movement - pronounced either MOE-bile or MO-bƏl) or Mobile (a city in the state of Alabama - pronounced (AFAIK) mo-BEEL).
The way I learned it (US), "mo-bile" is the adjective for something that can move, "mo-beel" is a noun for the thing that you hang over a baby's cradle.
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#133I said “Freznul” for Fresnel in front of a lighting designer. He said “ah! So you’ve been reading!” I remember that now when someone pronounces something as it’s spelled. They’ve likely been studying by actually reading something, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
One of our friends has a great one - they (husband and wife) both say "Carry-catcher". For example: "Man, that portrait looks more like a carry-catcher!"
(caricature)
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#134For a very long time I thought "cache" was pronounced with a voiced e, "cach-ay", probably cause I thought of "cachet".
I'm Aussie, so I'm automatically wrong, but here in Australia it's typically pronounced "caysh". It's a uniquely Australian thing, saying cache this way outside of this country will get you looks.
Don't worry, you're not alone - Kiwis do the same.
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
It gets worse in the US. There's Mobil (the oil company - pronounced MO-bƏl), mobile (as it capable of movement - pronounced either MOE-bile or MO-bƏl) or Mobile (a city in the state of Alabama - pronounced (AFAIK) mo-BEEL). You can mispronounce all sorts of things in the US and no one will blink an eye, but you mispronounce a town name, prepare to be dogpiled. Especially if you're in Palestine, Texas (Pal-es-teen NO…
> mobile (as it capable of movement - pronounced either MOE-bile or MO-bƏl) or Mobile (a city in the state of Alabama - pronounced (AFAIK) mo-BEEL). The way I learned it (US), "mo-bile" is the adjective for something that can move, "mo-beel" is a noun for the thing that you hang over a baby's cradle.
> the thing that you hang over a baby's cradle
That's also mo-bile in my experience, unless you've been hanging snowmobiles...
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#136I said "etcetera" for the unix /etc path for years before someone corrected me.
What was the correction?
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's ambiguous whether to pronounce then abbreviate or abbreviate then pronounce. Here are some example from the Haskell world: https://h2.jaguarpaw.co.uk/posts/pronouncing-abbreviations/
Ok, I like this game / question, but I daresay I'm confused about some of these (or have not even fathomed some of the implied pronunciations). `seq`, `Eq`, `prev` I pronounce like the beginnings of the underlying words, so I'd say pronounce-then-abbreviate and abbreviate-then-pronounce yield the same result. I guess this implies people are saying "SECK" (`seq`) and "ECK" (`Eq`), rhyming `prev` with "rev", and pronou…
> pronouncing `id` like Freud's id?
Do you pronounce it as "eyed", or as two letters, I-D?
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#138Why is this flagged?
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#139Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#140SQL should be pronounced like sqwrl, the small rodent with a fluffy tail. Javascript should obviously be pronounced Yavascript.
Javascript should be pronounced by it's true name, but it's not printable in this fine organ of conversation.