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

Post by uglycoyote » Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 2:53 PM UTC

danaliv wrote: post #31

pacaro wrote: post #2

This is one of those surprisingly useful and obvious things that I'm surprised not to have seen before. Knowledge of (including pronunciation) jargon is a classic gatekeeper In my experience, I'm in the minority in pronouncing sudo as soodoo, the majority seem to say pseudo. OTOH I've never heard anyone say fsck as anything other than f-suck From personal experience at Microsoft the backslash was frequently pronounce…

I was asked the correct pronunciation of /etc in an interview once. Diabolical, if you ask me.

Post by bluefirex » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 3:11 PM UTC

jlgaddis wrote: post #222

bch wrote: post #77

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What’s better is that “My” has nothing to do with possession, and it’s pronounced “Me”: it’s Widenius’ daughters name[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Widenius

And "MariaDB" was named after another of his daughters. If memory serves, he also has a son (whose name I can't remember) after which he named some other piece of software (which I also can't remember). All of this is almost certainly mentioned in that link you shared although, at the moment, I just can't be bothered to click it.

Post by exikyut » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 4:23 PM UTC

wodenokoto wrote: post #184

exikyut wrote: post #164

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Where/how might I find a good pronunciation reference that would cover this construct/use? English equivalents not necessary; I don't mind picking the appropriate tidbit out of a fragment of speech in a video for example. I could just as easily stare at an IPA pronunciation for a bit too.

I thought finding a source with pronunciation would be easy, but it was surprisingly difficult, and I kinda gave up finding a source appropriate for English speakers. The name “My” is not unheard of in danish and we also have a word “my”, for very small measures, with the same pronunciation. It should be close enough the the Swedish pronunciation for your purpose. Here is an entry in a danish dictionary. Click the ye…